Bill Text: HI HR28 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Transportation To Perform A Feasibility Study On The Installation Of A Traffic Light At The Intersection Of Omaopio Road And Kula Highway As A Means To Improve Public Safety.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-10 - Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Say, Souki, Tupola, Woodson excused (9). [HR28 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2017-HR28-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	28
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

Requesting the Department of Transportation to Perform a Feasibility Study on the Installation of a Traffic Light at the Intersection of Omaopio Road and Kula Highway as a Means to Improve Public Safety.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, Kula Highway is a critical artery used by residents and visitors on the island of Maui; and

 

     WHEREAS, Kula Highway is the primary motor vehicle thoroughfare connecting Kahului with Pukalani, Kula, and Keokea; and

 

     WHEREAS, crowded highways and speeding drivers can contribute to traffic accidents and injuries; and

 

     WHEREAS, the safety of commuters driving along Kula Highway is of great concern; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2017, that the Department of Transportation is requested to perform a feasibility study on the installation of a traffic light at the intersection of Omaopio Road and Kula Highway as a means to improve public safety; 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 than twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2019; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Transportation and

the Mayor of the County of Maui.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Transportation; Traffic Safety; Omaopio Road; Kula Highway; Traffic Light