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THE SENATE |
S.C.R. NO. |
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
requesting the department of transportation to begin construction of the leeward bikeway before the end of 2016.
WHEREAS, the Leeward Bikeway is a proposed thirteen-mile paved multi-use path, eight to twelve feet wide with two-foot shoulders, to be constructed next to the former Oahu Railway & Land Company railroad tracks on the leeward side of Oahu; and
WHEREAS, the right-of-way for the Leeward Bikeway was transferred from the federal government to the State in 1980; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature appropriated funds for the Leeward Bikeway in 1995; and
WHEREAS, Oahu residents voted, with 72 percent in support, to make Oahu more pedestrian and bicycle friendly on the 2006 City and County of Honolulu Charter Amendment ballot; and
WHEREAS, community advocates have long pushed for the completion of a multi-use path linking the Pearl Harbor Historic Trail to Nanakuli to give leeward Oahu residents another transportation option to work and school; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation has $9,000,000 in funding programmed in 2016 for construction of Phase I of the project; and
WHEREAS, the historic Oahu Railway & Land Company is the custodian for the Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Highway Administration has primary responsibility for the Leeward Bikeway's compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, section 106 (Section 106), and has delegated the responsibility to coordinate with Section 106 consulting parties to the Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration are willing to work together to convene all Section 106 parties involved to expedite the conclusion of the Section 106 process so construction can commence; and
WHEREAS, this body encourages efforts to provide transportation alternatives to leeward Oahu residents; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2016, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Transportation is requested to begin construction of the Leeward Bikeway before the end of 2016; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Transportation.
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Requesting DOT to being construction of the Leeward Bikeway during 2016.