Bill Text: HI HCR105 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Kamehameha Highway; Study

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-21 - The committee(s) on TRN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HCR105 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HCR105-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	105
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PERFORM A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY ALONG THE WINDWARD AND NORTH SHORES OF OAHU.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, residents and visitors use Kamehameha Highway along the Windward and North Shores of Oahu; and

 

     WHEREAS, Kamehameha Highway is the primary motor vehicle thoroughfare between those two shores; and

 

     WHEREAS, in times when the highway is closed to vehicular traffic, motorists are required to turn around and find another route, which can be a significant inconvenience; and

 

     WHEREAS, commuters and other drivers face significant issues relating to erosion, flooding, parking, and traffic flow on Kamehameha Highway; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2016, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Transportation is requested to perform a comprehensive study of the Kamehameha Highway along the Windward and North Shores of Oahu; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, as part of its study, the Department of Transportation is requested to:

 

     (1)  Include long-term redesign solutions that will mitigate erosion, flooding, parking, and traffic flow issues;

 

     (2)  Develop proposed alternate routes; and

 

     (3)  Estimate the total costs of an appropriate redesign project; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later November 30, 2016; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Transportation and the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Kamehameha Highway; Study