Bill Text: HI SR48 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urging The Department Of Transportation Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Conduct A Feasibility Study Of Widening The Portion Of University Avenue Between Maile Way And Oahu Avenue.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - The committee on TCA deferred the measure. [SR48 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2023-SR48-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	48
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

urging the department of transportation services of the city and county of honolulu to conduct a feasibility study OF WIdening the portion of University Avenue between Maile Way and Oahu Avenue.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, Manoa Valley is a residential neighborhood of Honolulu and has eighteen thousand six hundred households, a population of 46,865, and a non-resident workforce of 25,230; and

 

     WHEREAS, Manoa Valley is also home to the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Mid-Pacific Institute, Noelani and Manoa elementary schools, four private schools, sixty-three general businesses, eighteen clubs and associations, twenty-five community service entities, eighteen faith-based organizations, fourteen health care centers, fourteen nonprofit organizations, and nine kupuna care centers; and

 

     WHEREAS, Manoa Valley ingress and egress is limited to two roads:  Manoa Road and University Avenue; and

 

     WHEREAS, each day, bicycles and motor vehicles, including buses, firetrucks, ambulances, commercial vehicles, and passenger vehicles, travel on University Avenue, creating a significant traffic safety concern; and

 

     WHEREAS, Manoa Valley contains three heavily used hiking trails, Manoa Falls trail, Puu Pia trail, and Kolowalu trail, resulting in the valley being Oahu's second most frequented destination by visitors and residents, further exacerbating traffic congestion throughout the valley; and

 

     WHEREAS, Manoa Valley District Park, the second most used city park on Oahu, hosts a myriad of events; sports activities such as baseball, softball, soccer, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, and swimming; summer fun programs; senior citizen programs; open markets; community gardening; and disaster preparedness programs; and

 

     WHEREAS, there exists an immediate need to improve traffic safety throughout Manoa Valley; and

 

     WHEREAS, one possible way to alleviate traffic congestion and improve traffic safety in Manoa Valley is to widen the portion of University Avenue between Maile Way and Oahu Avenue; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, that the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu is urged to conduct a feasibility study of widening the portion of University Avenue between Maile Way and Oahu Avenue; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu is also requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2024; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Transportation; City and County of Honolulu; Department of Transportation Services; University Avenue; Manoa Valley; Feasibility Study