HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWPC 041 06/03/1997 1996-1998 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS
DATE: June 3, 1997 RE: COMM. NO. 321
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. 321
and attached Bil] No. 90, reports as follows:
The purpose of Bill No. 90 is to establish speed limits of 35 miles per hour along
South Glenwood Road.
Bill No. 90 would amend chapter 24, article 10, division 1, section 24-257, schedule 5
(35 mile per hour limit), subsection (g) Puna, by adding the following item to be appropriately
numbered:
South Glenwood Road. from Route 1 I. to a point 0.86 mile in the southeasterly
direction."
Communication No. 321 is a letter from Chief Engineer Donna Fay K. Kiyosaki, dated
May 19, 1997, which transmits Bill No. 90 to the Council for its consideration. The
Communication notes that the Department of Public Works received a request from the Fern
Forest Community Association to establish speed limits along the county portion of South
Glenwood Road. It also states that after conducting a speed study, the Department found speeds
of 35 mph to be appropriate speed limits for this section of South Glenwood Road.
No testimony in opposition to this bill was offered.
Your Committee is in accord with the purpose and intent of Bill No. 90 and recommends that it
pass First reading.
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AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted
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