2022-11-30 First Supplemental Emergency Proclamation - Mauna Loa Eruption

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First Supplemental Emergency Proclamation Page 2 of 2 WHEREAS, Section 127A-12(c)(12), Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, provides that during the emergency period, the Mayor may restrict the congregation of the public in stricken or dangerous areas or under dangerous conditions; and WHEREAS, the active eruption continues its current path toward the Daniel .K. Inouye ("DKI") Highway, which serves as the main artery between East and West Hawaii for both residential and commercial traffic. The proximity between the DKI Highway and th(,- active flow has drawn an overwhelming number of spectators creating a safety hazard to both motorists as well as spectators; and WHEREAS, based on the increase in spectators, the Department of Transportation issued Advisory No. 22-0397 on the evening of November 28, 2022, reminding motorists tllat there is no parking allowed on the DKI Highway or its shoulders between the sixteen mile marker (16 MM) and the thirty-one mile marker (31 MM); and WHEREAS, most of the DKI Highway between the sixteen mile marker (16 MM) and approximately at the fifty-one mile marker (51 MM) which is the end of DKI Highway, has a maximum speed limit of sixty (60) miles per hour, and it lacks sufficient infrastructure such as crosswalks and necessary lighting to safely sustain the increased amount of pedestrians arriving in vehicles in the area and traversing the area on foot, thereby creating unsafe road conditions; and WHEREAS, based on these unsafe road conditions, on November 28, 2022, pursuant to Sections 1.27A-25 and 291C-111, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended, I issued Emergency Rule 41 prohibiting all vehicles from stopping and/or or parking on the DKI Highway at any time between the sixteen mile marker (16 MM) and the thirty-one mile marker (31 MM), except as permitted at designated parking lots; and WHEREAS, based on the significant increased number of vehicular traffic continuing beyond the thirty-one mile marker (31 MM), I issued Emergency Rule 42 extending the stopping and parking prohibitions on the DKI Highway at anytime between the sixteen mile niarker (16 MM) to the end of the DKI Highway which intersects with Highway 190 (also known as the Hawaii Belt Road); and WHEREAS, due to the eruption's continued activity and close proximity to the DKI Highway drawing overwhelming spectators creating hazardous road conditions, I have determined that it is necessary to supplement and expand my Supplemental Emergency Proclamation issued on November 28, 2022, at 9:25 p.m. related to updated eruption activity and spectator interest creating road hazards on the DKI Highway; and WHEREAS, the danger of disaster is such magnitude to warrant protective action in order to provide for the health, safety, welfare and protection of the people and pursuant to Section 127A-13(b)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Mayor finds it necessary to take appropriate actions to direct and control the mandatory evacuation of the civilian population. County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.