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hL4YORAI. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON BIC-; CLE A?~D PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
January 6. 1993
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Hilo, Hawaii 96725
Desr Council Member,
Our committee has learned that the Federal High~~<ry Admviistration has recently caused
a major shake-up within the Depamncnt of Trans ~ortation regarding the DOT's
unsatisfactory method of selecting and prioritizin ~ transportation enhanceitrent (T~)
projects. The FHWA is holding back several mil'ion,'yzar of TE funds statewide penduag
DOT compliance. Thankfully, compliance is imriinent.
\~'e also understand that some projects on other islands may not qualify, or may be
delayed, and these funds will then he available for other projects. These wrobligated
funds must be te-obligated at short notice. There will most probably be a call, prior to
April 1998, for qualifying projects that are really to go. 'a4r. Michael 1\4ede.iros,
Bicycle-Pedestrian Coordinator, State DOT, urKl us to identify Big Island projects end
get them ready to qualify, so that when the call f x projects is made we are ready to take
advantage of the opporhmity.
A key qualifying factor fot any project is [lac availahlhtq of the local match. Several
council members have spent andlor committed firure county expenditwe toward
qualifying TE projects. It would seem appropriate to use this moue}r as a 20°~a match- and
expand the scope of work to include what can be zccomplished for five times thst of the
original funding - a $20,000 project when 80°,-o matched becomes a $100,000 project.
Can we schedule a briefing for the full council as ;Dori as possible? Mr Medeiros is
wrlling to come to Hilo. Csuggest we im-ite Di:. ?:rrbara Braswell from the FH~b'A, and
key local officials, so we/c~an all benefit from auti~oritati.e direction is this process.
Sincerely,
Ron Reilly, Chair, PO Box 458 Volcano, HI 96 ~ ~ ~ phone (808) 967-8603
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