HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	144
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

uRGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO place barriers along the parking lot at laniakea beach and ENCOURAGE pedestrians to cross kamehameha highway using the BRIDGE UNDERPASS.

     WHEREAS, over three million visitors per year visit the North Shore of Oahu; and

     WHEREAS, Laniakea Beach is a popular destination for both tourists and Hawai‘i residents; and

     WHEREAS, the section of Kamehameha Highway that runs next to Laniakea Beach is a traffic bottleneck due to the amount of visitors; and

     WHEREAS, the traffic caused by people visiting Laniakea Beach negatively affects commerce, recreation, and the daily lives of the residents of the North Shore; and

     WHEREAS, it is dangerous for pedestrians to cross Kamehameha Highway in the vicinity of Laniakea Beach; and

     WHEREAS, there is an existing bridge with an underpass at Laniakea Beach that pedestrians can use to safely cross Kamehameha Highway; and

     WHEREAS, the parking lot at Laniakea Beach allows cars to enter and exit Kamehameha Highway along the entire length of the parking lot; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2017, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Transportation is urged to:

     (1)  Place barriers along the length of the parking lot at Laniakea Beach between Kamehameha Highway and the parking lot, leaving one point of ingress and one point of egress;

     (2)  Clear any vegetation in the vicinity of the bridge underpass; and

     (3)  Place signs encouraging people to cross Kamehameha Highway using the bridge underpass; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Transportation.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Traffic Barriers; Laniakea Beach; Bridge Underpass; DOT