THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2516
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO STATE HIGHWAYS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 264-143, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) When planning, designing, and implementing ground transportation infrastructure for each project pursuant to this part, the department shall endeavor to:

(1) Assess and maximize total throughput of people across all modes of transportation;

(2) Achieve any goals described in the complete streets policy adopted pursuant to section 264‑20.5;

(3) Reduce vehicle miles traveled;

(4) Decrease the percentage of single occupancy vehicles in the State's mode share;

(5) Provide equity for all communities and users;

(6) Improve safety and achieve any goals described in the vision zero policy adopted pursuant to section 286‑7.5;

(7) Reduce user cost of transportation;

(8) Improve public health;

(9) Reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gasses to meet state renewable portfolio standards established in section 269-92 and zero emissions clean economy by 2045 pursuant to section 225P-5;

(10) Reduce urban temperatures by incorporating tree canopy and foliage over [hardened surfaces;] seventy-five per cent of all state highways by 2045; and

(11) Beautify public infrastructure."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Department of Transportation; State Highways; Urban Tree Canopy

Description:

Establishes a goal within the Hawaii Department of Transportation for seventy-five per cent of state highways to be covered with tree canopies by 2045.

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