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Bayfront Highway and Waianuenue Avenue Intersection Improvements <br /> Final Environmental Assessment/Finding of No Significant Impact <br /> - Left turn from Bayfront Highway to Waianuenue Avenue <br /> - Left turn from Waianuenue Avenue to Kamehameha Avenue <br /> - Left turn from Kamehameha Avenue to Waianuenue Avenue <br /> The intersection does not provide separate bike lanes and bicyclists currently maneuver the <br /> intersection and surrounding streets as motorists. Crosswalks are provided for pedestrians across <br /> Waianuenue Avenue on both sides of Kamehameha Avenue and across Kamehameha Avenue on <br /> the north side of the intersection. The intersection accommodates freight trucks and public, <br /> private, and school bus routes. This area of Hilo is a destination for residents and visitors. <br /> Bayfront Highway provides regional access to and from Hilo to Kailua-Kona,the Hilo International <br /> Airport, and the southern areas of Hawaii Island. This location serves as the primary gateway <br /> connection between the communities along the Hamakua coast and the central and southern <br /> portions of Hawaii Island. Bayfront Highway/Hawaii Belt Road or Route 19 is listed on the PHFS, <br /> which is a network of highways identified as the most critical highway portions of the U.S. freight <br /> transportation system as defined by FHWA. Hawaii Island's freight network is a major component <br /> of the island's economic success and needed to deliver the goods necessary for the island's <br /> survival. <br /> Kamehameha Avenue is a minor arterial roadway located along the makai edge of downtown <br /> Hilo, running parallel to Bayfront Highway. The majority of the local mauka-makai roads in <br /> downtown Hilo intersect with Kamehameha Avenue. It is mainly a four-lane roadway with on- <br /> street parking on either or both sides or provides access to off-street parking areas. serves as the <br /> sole arterial roadway between the Hamakua coast communities and Hilo during times when <br /> Bayfront is closed due to flooding or otherwise serves as a main frontage road to access various <br /> stores and eateries. <br /> Waianuenue Avenue is a major collector road that provides regional access and connection <br /> between the east side of Hawaii Island and other arterial roadways connecting the west side of <br /> Hawaii Island. It is a two-lane, undivided roadway with left turn lanes or center turn lanes and <br /> on-street parking and sidewalks on both sides of the road. <br /> This intersection is a crucial piece of the regional multimodal transportation system. <br /> Table 2-1: Existing Parcels and Land Ownership <br /> Land Owner Existing TMK General Description Acreage <br /> State of Hawaii (3) 2-3-002:999 (portion) Bayfront Highway and 3.37 <br /> (Roadway) Kamehameha Avenue (portion) <br /> County of Hawaii (3) 2-3-005:999 (portion) Waianuenue Avenue 0.14 <br /> (Roadway) <br /> County of Hawaii (3) 2-3-003:999 (portion) Kamehameha Avenue 1.16 <br /> (Roadway) <br /> State of Hawaii (3) 2-3-003:003 Median 0.29 <br /> State of Hawaii (3) 2-3-002:022 (portion) Median and Parking 0.31 <br /> Total 5.27 Acres <br /> CHAPTER 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> 4 <br />