Bill Text: HI HCR37 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Transportation And Kauai Department Of Public Works To Conduct A Study To Identify And Recommend Methods To Alleviate Traffic Congestion At Certain Intersections Along The Kaumualii Highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-27 - Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 631). [HCR37 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HCR37-Amended.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.C.R. NO. |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND KAUAI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO IDENTIFY AND RECOMMEND METHODS TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS ALONG THE KAUMUALII HIGHWAY.
WHEREAS, Kauai's economy is a combination of agriculture, business, construction, education, state and local government, technology and defense, and tourism; and
WHEREAS, according to a list provided by InfoGroup of the largest employers in the County of Kauai, seventeen of the county's fifty-two largest employers are located in communities near the Kaumualii Highway, including Koloa, Poipu, and Waimea; and
WHEREAS, although not included in InfoGroup's list, the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands is one of Kauai's largest employers, with nearly one thousand active duty Navy and government personnel, civil service and contract civilians, and Hawaii Air National Guard members employed by the facility, and is located approximately one-fifth of a mile south of the Kaumualii Highway on the western shore of Kauai; and
WHEREAS, according to data provided by
Statistical Atlas, Kalaheo has the fourth largest population in Kauai County;
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WHEREAS, according to the United
States Census Bureau, the population in Kauai County increased by 7.7 percent
between April 1, 2010, and July 1, 2019; and
WHEREAS, according to the 2018 State of Hawaii Data Book, the number of vehicle registrations in the County of Kauai increased by fifteen percent between 2010 and 2018, and the twenty-four-hour traffic volume in certain survey sites in the county increased between 2012 and 2018 by approximately ten percent in Waimea and thirteen percent in Omao; and
WHEREAS, the County of Kauai's growing population and the presence of numerous large employers near the Kaumualii Highway necessitate a collaborative effort by the State and county to develop methods to alleviate traffic congestion along and enhance the reliability of the Kaumualii Highway; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2021, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Transportation and Kauai Department of Public Works are requested to conduct a joint study to identify and recommend methods to alleviate traffic congestion at the following intersections located in the County of Kauai:
(1) Kaumualii Highway and Opu Road; and
(2) Kaumualii Highway and Maluhia Road; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study is requested to include a timeline and estimated costs to implement the Department of Transportation and Kauai Department of Public Works' recommendations; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department
of Transportation and Kauai Department of Public Works are also requested to
submit a joint report of their findings and recommendations, including any
proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the
convening of the Regular Session of 2023; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified
copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Transportation
and County Engineer of the Kauai Department of Public Works.
Department of Transportation; County of Kauai; Public Works; Kaumualii Highway; Traffic Congestion