HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP PWC 268 08/17/1988 1984-1988 REPORT OF THE
COJ1MITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
DATE: August 17, 1988
PLACE : Councilroom
TIME: 10 : 00 p.m.
Chairman and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Public Works to which was referred Resolution
vNo . 478-88 , reports as follows:
The purpose of Resolution No . 478-88 is to urge the State Department
of Transportation, Highways Division to plan and construct a bypass
route for Palani Road which would connect two segments of the Hawaii
Belt Highway by Kailua Village and to consider the alternate route
proposed by Kelly Greenwell .
Your Committee finds that population growth and tourism have
increased the traffic on Palani Road to near capacity and the road
can not easily be widened, as extensive residential condemnation
would be needed to increase the right of way. Your Committee also
finds that a continuous State highway is needed above Kailua-Kona to
provide adequate capacity for the present and future volume of
traffic. Your Committee further finds that the bypass route for
Palani Road proposed by Kelly Greenwell could serve as the link that
would create a continuous State highway in North Kona . Your
Committee further finds that the proposed route would cross the
undeveloped land of only four owners (the State, Palani Land Trust ,
Robert F. Greenwell and Liliuokalani Trust Estate ) and no residential
condemnation would be required. Your Committee further finds that
the proposed alternate route may benefit the public .
Your Committee on Public Works is in accord w th , he purpose of
Resolution No. 478-88 and recommends its adoptio, by the County
Council.
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MER . K. LAI , CHAI"1OMAN
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- • (ABSENT AND EXCUSED)
-ISSELL S. KOKUBUN, VICE CHR. FRANK DE LUZ III, MEMBER
(ABSENT AND EXCUSED)
TAKASHI DOMINGO, MEMBER SHERWOOD R. H. GREENWELL, MEMBER
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PWC REPORT ;';O , 268
ADOPTED : SEP 7 1388