HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWPC 133 10/20/1998 1996-1998 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
DATE: October 20, 1998 RE: COMM, NO. L021/BILL NO. 315
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication No. 1021, and
attached Bill No. 315, reports as follows:
The purpose of Bill No. 315 is to amend Chapter 24, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 Edition) by
raising the existing 45 miles par hour speed limit along Routh 132, Pohoiki Junction to Route 137 to 55 miles
per hour.
Bill No. 315 would amend Chapter 24, Article IQ Division 1, Section 24-260, Schedule 8 (45 mile per
hour limit), Subsection (g) Puna, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 1,1995 Edition) by deleting the
following item:
[O Route 132, from the Pohoiki Road Junction to Roul.e 137.J
Bil] No. 315 would amend Chapter 24, Article 1Q Division 1, Section 24-263, Schedule L 1 (55 mile per hour
limit), Subsection (g) Puna, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 Edition), by adding the following to be
appropriately numbered and to read as follows:
Route 132, from the Pohoiki Road Junction to Route 137.
Communication No. 1021 is from Deputy Chief Engineer Jiro A. Sumada, Department of Public Works, and
dated October 5, 1998, stating a 45-mi]e per hour speed limit was authorized along Route 132, Pohoiki
Junction to Route 137 in May of 1998. A request to raise the speed limit to 55 miles per hour was
subsequently received. Mr. Sumada states that the Puna Police Department was consulted and concurs that
55 miles per hour is reasonable and prudent for this roadway under normal conditions.
Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 315, and recommends that it pass
Arst reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX R ~ ectfully submitted
YAGONG X
REYNOLDS X C ITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS & PARKS
C HUNG X
LEIrHEAD-TODD x DOMINIC YAGON H
RAV x 133
PW&PC REP N
SANTANGELO X
sMITH x ADOPTED: _ NDI 6 1998
ARAKAKI E.O.M X