2022-11-28 Supplemental Emergency Proclamation - Mauna Loa Eruption

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Supplemental Emergency Proclamation Page 2 of 2 WHEREAS, the eruption is visible from the Daniel K. Inouye (DKI) Highway, which has resulted in a significant increase in spectators driving and parking on the DKI Highway or on the shoulder of the DKI Highway. WHEREAS, most of the DKI Highway between the sixteen mile marker (16 MM) and the thirty-one mile marker (31 MM) 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. WHEREAS, based on these unsafe road conditions, on November 28, 2022, at 7 : z: z; p.m., pursuant to Sections 127A-25 and 291C-111, Hawai'i Revised Statutes as amended, I issued Emergency Rule #1 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, due to the eruption's continued activity, I have determined that it is necessary to supplement and expand my Emergency Proclamation issued on November 28, 2022, at 3:02 a.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. NOW, THEREFORE, I, MITCHELL D. ROTH, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do hereby proclaim and declare that a state of emergency exists due to the threat of imminent disaster on Hawaii Island, effective November 28, 2022, 7� Zlp.m., Hawaii. This ORDER is effective at �,lip.m., this 28th day of November, 2022. Mitchell D. Roth Mayor County of Hawaii County of Hawaz i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.