HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWPC 002 01/07/1997 1996-1998 REPORT OF THE ` r
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
DATE: January 7, 1997 RE: COMIvt. NO. 15
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
Chairperson and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication No. 15 and
attached Bill No. 3, reports as follows:
The purpose of Bill No. 3 is to amend Chapter 24, Article 10, Section 24-253.1, Schedule 1.1,
relating to 15 mph speed limits, of the Hawaii County Code to establish a speed limit along
Amauulu Road of 15 mph.
Bill No. 3 amends Chapter 24, Article 1Q Section 24-253.1, Schedule 1.1, by adding the
following item to be appropriately numbered:
Amauulu Road. Wainaku Street to a point two
hundred twenty feet mauka of Waimalino Lane."
Communication No. 15 is a letter from Chief Engineer Donna Fay K. Kiyosaki, dated
November 20, 1996, which transmits Bill No. 3 to the Council for its consideration. The
Communication notes that the Department of Public Works received a request to authorize a
speed limit along Amauulu Road and that on the basis of a speed study that was conducted, the
Department found 15 mph to bean appropriate speed limit for this narrow roadway.
Bill No. 3 was considered by this Committee at its January 7, 1997 meeting. In addition to the
information contained in Communication No. 15, the Committee also considered testimony from
Mr. Richard Nishimura of County of Hawaii's Department of Public Works' Traffic Division.
Mr. Nishimura stated that the width of this road is 18 feet or less with minimal shoulders and
that the Department of Public Works found that the present 25 mph speed limit is too high given
the circumstances. No testimony in opposition to this bill was offered.
Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 3 and recommends that it
pass first reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted
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