HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWPC 039 05/19/1997 1996-1998 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
DATE: May 19, 1997 RE: COMM. NO. 293 ~
PLACE: Councilroom
TIME: 9:05 a.m.
Chairperson and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works and Parks, to which was referred Communication No. 293
and attached Bill No. 84, reports as follows:
The purpose of Bill No. 84 is to establish speed limits of 25 and 35 miles per hour along
Chin Chuck Road in South Hilo.
Bill No. 84 would amend chapter 24, article 10, division 1, section 24-255, schedule 3
(25 mile per hour limit), subsection (c) South Hilo, by adding the following item to be
appropriately numbered:
"U Chin Chuck Road. be ig nning at a point 1.6 miles west of the Hawaii Belt Road
and extendin~~ .7 mile in the westerly direction to the end of the Waved section of
Chin Chuck Road."
Bill No. 76 would also amend chapter 24, article 1Q division 1, section 24-257, schedule 5
(35 mile per hour limit), subsection (c) South Hilo, by adding the following item to be
appropriately numbered:
Chin Chuck Road. Hawaii Belt Road to a point L6 miles west."
Communication No. 293 is a letter from Chief Engineer Donna Fay K. Kiyosaki, dated
April 28, 1997, which transmits Bill No. 84 to the Council for its consideration. The
Communication notes that the Department of Public Works received a request to establish speed
limits along Chin Chuck Road. It also states that after conducting a speed study, the Department
found speeds ranging from 2S to 35 mph to be appropriate speed limits for this road.
No testimony in opposition to this bill was offered.
Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 84 and recommends that it
pass first reading.
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