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Chapter 4: CHALLENGES FACING THE DEPARTMENT OF PULIC WORKS <br />The federal government requires each state to produce a Five <br />Percent Report, which lists the 5% of each state's locations <br />exhibiting the most severe highway safety needs, in order to raise <br />public awareness of the highway safety needs and challenges in <br />each state. This annual report prioritizes the 5% of State highway <br />locations exhibiting the most severe safety needs, and lists the <br />recommended safety improvements and estimated costs. Each <br />year, our State reports on the locations needing the most safety <br />improvements in the Hawaii Five Percent Report (sue Appendix <br />D). The Hawaii Five Percent Report only examines roadways <br />maintained by the State and therefore, only includes intersections <br />of State highways with County roads (not County roads in their <br />entirety). The majority of road safety issues in the HDOT's 2006, <br />2007, and 2008 reports have been located on Hawai'i Island. <br />Following our inquiries, the Traffic Division requested and <br />received these HDOT reports for review. <br />The HDOT's 2006 Hawaii Five Percent Report showed that out of <br />the 107 intersections examined statewide, the three intersections <br />with the most severe safety needs in the State are concentrated <br />on a section of the Pahoa bypass just over a mile in length. The <br />Honolulu Advertiser's March 15, 2007 edition included a <br />compilation of the HDOT's 2006 Hawaii Five Percent Report that <br />showed that 10 of the 11 most dangerous intersections or <br />roadways in the State are located on Hawai'i Island, as shown in <br />the following map and table. Several of these locations are where <br />County roads intersect with State highways. <br />DANGEROUS LOCATIONS <br />Starting last year, the tederal government requtred all states to Idenit- <br />ty the 5 percent of roadways that had the most severe highway safety <br />needs. Hawai'l idenlrfled 1 1 sites. wltti all but one Can the Big Islartd. <br />270 SITES ON THE <br />250 <br />BIG ISLAND <br />Kaw alnae ;lati•:a,� � <br />• Waimea 4d'poab' 0 20 <br />r_,9` Miles <br />� zoo, <br />sar�� Hilo <br />a Kailua- <br />Kona <br />HAWAI plCalq <br />• <br />PShoa <br />s <br />�� Ni'a61Ah�e <br />14 <br />SITE ON <br />O`AI-IU <br />r <br />