HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWIRC 050 06/04/2002 2000-2002 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS &
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
DATE: June 4, 2002 RE: Comm. No. 631/Bill No. 219
PLACE: Councilroom
"TIME: 9:05 a.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo. Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations, to which was referred Communication No. 631,
and attached Bill No. 219, reports as follows:
The purpose of Bill No. 219 is to amend Chapter 24, article 10, division 2, section 24-265, schedule 13 (yield
locations) subsection (a) Hamakua relating to Vehicles and Traffic, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995
Edition), by adding the Pohakea Homestead Road, specifically, the makai bound a[ the narrow bridge (bridge
number 43-5), located 1.6 miles west of State Highway l9. Communication No. 631, is from Deputy Director
Ronald Ueoka, Department of Public Works, dated May 1, 2002, transmitting Bill No. 219 for the Council's review
and consideration.
In Communication No. 631, Mr. Ueoka reports that the Hamakua Safety Council has requested a yield sign at the
Pohakea Road Bridge because the roadway width of 17.5' is not quite wide enough to accept two-way traffic. After
investigating the area, the Department of Public Works, Highway Division, concluded that a yield sign was
warranted and that makai bound motorist should stop and yield to oncoming mauka bound traffic because of better
sight distance of approaching vehicles.
During Committee discussion, Mr. Casey K.Yanagihara, Division Chief, Traffic Division, Department of Public
Works, provided background information about this legislation, and also, fielded questions about whether any
improvements were anticipated for this bridge. Councilmember Yagong informed Committee Members that this
sign is necessary because bridge-retrofitting projects that are currently underway along the Hamakua Coast have
caused the amount of vehicle traffic on this bridge to increase tremendously.
Your Committee is in accordance with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 219 and recommends that it pass first
reading.
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