HomeMy WebLinkAboutMayor's Waipio Executed Emergency Traffic Declaration 02/25/2022!Kitchell D. Roth
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Lee E. Lord
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Robert H. Command
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TRAFFIC EMERGENCY ZONE DECLARATION
WHEREAS, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 264-1.5, provides for the establishment of
a traffic emergency zone in response to substantial endangerment to public health and safety
which is or is highly likely to be caused by the temporary closure of, or the lack of adequate
access to Waipio Valley via Waipio Valley Road; and
WHEREAS, upon scientific information and expertise available, Waipio Valley Road is
in imminent threat of slope and roadway failure threatening the health, safety and welfare of the
people; and
WHEREAS, the danger of disaster is of such magnitude to warrant preemptive and
protective action in order to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of the people; and
WHEREAS, due to the possibility of imminent emergency or disaster due to bodily
injury to residents of the County of Hawaii, and the need for government agencies and
representatives from the private sector to mobilize and provide other immediate services
necessary to remediate hazardous conditions, a traffic emergency zone is declared pursuant to
Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 264-1.5.
NOW, THEREFORE,1, MITC14ELL D. ROTH, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, do
hereby proclaim and declare a traffic emergency zone for Waipio Valley Road due to the
imminent danger or threat of emergency on Hawai' i Island from the hazardous roadway
conditions.
This Traffic Emergency Zone Declaration shall be effective February 25, 2022,
continuing thereon until February 25, 2025, unless terminated or superseded by a separate
prcclarnation, whichever shall occur first.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
County of Hawaii to be affixed. Done this 25" day of February, 2022 in Hilo, Hawaii.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that above i5 $ Mitchell D. Roth
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