REP PWPC 089 02/17/1998 1996-1998

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<~_.F REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLf~LIC WORKS AND PAIZ.KS DATE: February 17, 1998 RE: COMM. NO. 541 /BILL NO. 155 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 9:00 a.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hav;-aii 96720 Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication No. 541, and attached Bill No. 155, reports as follows: The purpose of Bill No. 155 i:; to amend the Hawaii County Code, Chapter 24, Article 10, Section 24-267, Schedule 15 (c;sne-s~,~ay streets) on Kinoole Street, to extend one-way traffic pattern to I~u~:uau Street, Souts:> Hilo, I-1[awaii. Communication No. 541 is fros,a Chief Engineer Donna Fay IK, Kiyosaki, dated October 9, 1997, transr~zitting I3~i11 No. 155 to ar~Aend Chapt~• 24, Article 10, Section 24-267, Schedule 15 (One-way streets). Ms. Kiyosz3~i infarrris that the Kinoole Strmet and Kukuau Street one-way detour route fi-ong Ponahawai Street to Kil:~uea Avenue was irnplemented for the construction of the Kilauea Avenue bridge/Ale>~~aio Stream. Improvement Pra~ect. In February 1997, Bill No. 54 was subn~.itted to p~~xnanently maintain Kinoole Street as one-way from Ponahawai Street to Kukuau Street; howe.~>Kr, this bill was filed by the CoSa~ncil for further study due to complaints from the Police Del:.~rtment and the Downtown I~larovernent Association which stated that the length of the rou~:•.~ frort~ Kinoole Street back to the downtown areas would be increased. Ms. Kiyosaki states that after monitoring and studying the traffic flow for the last six months, they feel that the proposed one-way traffic pattern is still the z~ost viable solution for everyone, and that the downto~u-n one-way system will have to be extended southward on both Kilauea Avenue, and Kinoole Street as t~ ~hffic 4.~olumes increase, and pla~~ to extend the one-way patterns southward as conditions warrar~i, Communication No. 541.01 is ;dam Police Chief Wayne G. Carvalho, dated October 22, 1997, commenting on Bill No. 155. Cx~ief Carvall:o states that they ~~gree that Kukuau Street should revert back to its original one-w-:.y traffic pattern from Kilauea Avenue to Kinoole Street. In reference to tlcac one-Tay traffic }~satter~~. on Kinoole Street, from Ponahawai Street to Kukuau Street, complaints rec,ived Indic-ate difficulties-executing left tens to ingress and egress Kukuau Street. Motorists are not completely stopping ~t stop signs, casing a potential traffic hazard.