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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND MASS TRANSIT
DATE: September 6, 2022 Re: Comm.No. 946/Bill No. 203
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo, Hawai`i
TIME: 2:18 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo, Hawai`i
Your Committee on Public Works and Mass Transit, to which was referred Bill No. 203, reports as
follows:
Bill No. 203,transmitted by Public Works Acting Director Stephen Pause, via Communication No. 946
dated August 3, 2022, amends Chapter 24, Article 10, Division 8, of the Hawai`i County Code 1983
(2016 Edition, as amended), relating to the use of certain streets by certain vehicles restricted.
This bill amends Section 24-293, Schedule 41, by repealing Subsection (f)(2), which prohibits vehicles
with a gross vehicle weight rating of five or more tons from using Kaiminani Drive in North Kona.
Deputy Corporation Counsel Sinclair Salas-Ferguson appeared before Your Committee and explained
the amendment removes the vehicle weight restriction for Kaiminani Drive in the North Kona District.
Acting Director Stephen Pause explained the current Chapter 24 prohibits certain vehicles from
traveling on Kaiminani Drive when they have a gross weight rating'of five or more tons,however, he
said the department has determined the weight restriction is unnecessary because the roadway is
designed and built to accommodate vehicles of five or more tons: He also explained the impetus for this
was to clean up the Code and allow for the use of mass transit vehicles.
Your Committee on Public Works and Mass Transit is in accord the purpose and intent of
Bill No. 203, and recommends its passage on first reading.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
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