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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
ESTABLISHING A NORTH SHORE KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONGESTION TASK FORCE TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED TURTLE BAY RESORT EXPANSION AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION AND TO RECOMMEND MITIGATIVE MEASURES THAT MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE EXPANSION.
WHEREAS, Kamehameha Highway, the only regional roadway on the North Shore of O‘ahu, is a narrow, two-lane roadway that has seen tremendous traffic volume increases in recent years; and
WHEREAS, the O‘ahu Regional Transportation Plan for the year 2030 includes no significant capacity improvements for this highway within the next twenty-three years; and
WHEREAS, a traffic study completed in 2005 for the proposed Kawailoa Beach Park estimated a volume of one thousand six hundred vehicles per hour on Saturday afternoons, a time when traffic usually backs up for miles in both directions; and
WHEREAS, Kuilima Resort Company's 2005 Traffic Impact Analysis Report update estimates the expanded Turtle Bay Resort will generate additional vehicle trips per hour; and
WHEREAS, Kamehameha Highway cannot support the projected increase in vehicular traffic without improvements to provide additional capacity; and
WHEREAS, design, construction, maintenance, and upgrades to the state highway system are the responsibility of the State of Hawai‘i; and
WHEREAS, emergency vehicles have greater difficulty navigating gridlocked traffic, which could cause significant delays in emergency response and pose serious safety concerns to the residents and visitors of the State of Hawai‘i; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-Fourth Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i, Regular Session of 2007, the House of Representatives concurring, that a North Shore Kamehameha Highway Traffic Congestion Task Force is established to conduct an assessment of traffic impacts of the proposed Turtle Bay Resort expansion and other developments in the region and to recommend mitigative measures that may be required by the expansion; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the North Shore Kamehameha Highway Traffic Congestion Task Force be co-chaired by the Department of Transportation and include representatives from the Department of Transportation Services, and the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if the North Shore Kamehameha Highway Traffic Congestion Task Force finds that the impacts of the proposed expansion would bring the highway levels of service and volume-to-capacity ratio outside of national and state highway guidelines, then the Task Force is requested to:
(1) Recommend potential mitigative measures and broad estimates of the costs and timelines involved to implement the mitigative measures; and
(2) Make specific recommendations for measures, such as project phasing related to highway capacity expansion, that may be required of the developer; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the North Shore Kamehameha Highway Traffic Congestion Task Force seek community input from residents and businesses located in the North Shore area, including the appropriate neighborhood boards, and conduct community public hearings or informational briefings accordingly; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the North Shore Kamehameha Highway Traffic Congestion Task Force report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature and to the City Council of the City and County of Honolulu no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2008; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Transportation, the Director of the Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu, the Director of the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, and the Chair of the Honolulu City Council.
Turtle Bay Expansion; Traffic Impacts.