2025-12-16 Mayor's Waipio Valley 21st Amended Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration and Declaration of Emergency FINAL

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Twenty First Amended Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration and Twenty First Waipi‘o Valley Road Declaration of Emergency Page 2 of 4 WHEREAS, the Report provided geotechnical data regarding the current condition of the road and hazard ratings associated with those conditions, which further detailed the described the dangers Waipi‘o Valley Road poses to the health, safety and welfare of the people. WHEREAS, the County retained Hart Crowser, now a division of Haley & Aldrich, to further evaluate Waipi‘o Valley Road and recommend specific mitigation measures road safe. WHEREAS, Haley & Aldridge submitted a report to the County dated September 30, 2022 entitled Ro “Summary Report” wherein it recommended a phased mitigation approach to address numerous hazards along the roadway. (See Summary Report). WHEREAS, the Department of n initial community meeting on Summary Report schedule and impacts to the community during the 2 to 3-year construction were discussed. WHEREAS, remediation efforts have commenced to increase the safety of Waipi‘o Valley Road and are ongoing. as Phase 1) which commenced on or about June 1, 2023, and has plans to perform additional two (2) years (referenced currently as Phase 2 and Phase 3). A public meeting was held on May 1, 2023, to discuss road conditions, meetings are planned prior to performing further mitigation activities. WHEREAS, the current condition poses substantial endangerment to public health and safety, and warrants preemptive and protective action to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the people using the road who will be negatively impacted if the road fails and residents are unable to enter and exit Waipi‘o Valley. WHEREAS, the current danger to pedestrians navigating Waipi‘o Valley Road presents an that cannot be corrected absent regulations and/or remediation. WHEREAS, limiting vehicular access generally, and, specifically, to drivers familiar with the current road conditions is a necessary action for vehicular navigation of Waipi‘o Valley Road until adequate remediation measures can be implemented. WHEREAS, Revised Statutes (“HRS”), Section 264-1.5, permits establishment of a traffic emergency zone in response to substantial endangerment to public health and safety which access to Waipio Valley via Waipio Valley Road. WHEREAS, on February 25, 2022, a Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration was established for the Waipi‘o Valley Road (“Traffic Declaration”) and the Mayor’s Waipi‘o Valley Road Emergency Rule No. 1 (“Emergency Rules”) were issued to regulate use of Waipi‘o Valley Road. WHEREAS, following issuance of the Traffic Declaration and Emergency Rules, the County held public meetings, received comments from the community, responded to lawsuits,