Bill Text: HI SR95 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urging The Department Of Transportation And The City And County Of Honolulu To Make Appropriate Safety Improvements To Certain Intersections And Roadways In The Ewa Beach Area.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-21 - Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-21-21. [SR95 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2021-SR95-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	95
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

URGING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO INSTALL THREE RAISED CROSSWALKS ON PAPIPI ROAD.

 

 

     WHEREAS, pedestrian safety, especially the safety of children, should be a priority for the State and the counties; and

 

WHEREAS, motor vehicles, including city buses, have been speeding on Papipi Road in Ewa Beach, on the island of Oahu; and

 

WHEREAS, a number of motor vehicles have collided with children and students on Papipi Road; and

 

WHEREAS, raised pedestrian crosswalks, which are designed to slow down motor vehicle traffic, can be an effective tool to prevent collisions with pedestrians; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2021, that the City and County of Honolulu is urged to install three raised crosswalks on Papipi Road, beginning from Kapolei Parkway to Fort Weaver Road; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that officials of the City and County of Honolulu are urged to seek input from the Ewa Neighborhood Board and local residents regarding appropriate locations of the raised crosswalks; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Transportation, Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Chair of the Honolulu City Council, Director of the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu,

Director of the Department of Design and Construction of the City and County of Honolulu, and Chair of the Ewa Neighborhood Board.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Ewa Beach; Papipi Road; Vehicles; Pedestrians; Raised Crosswalks