Bill Text: HI SR72 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Traffic Congestion Study; DOT; Meheula Parkway

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-10 - (S) Referred to TIA. [SR72 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SR72-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	72
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING A STUDY OF MORNING TRAFFIC CONGESTION on the MEHEULA PARKWAY going ONTO THE H2 FREEWAY from mililani mauka.

 

     WHEREAS, residents of central Oahu in Mililani Mauka have complained for years about the morning rush hour traffic congestion on the Meheula Parkway going onto the H2 Freeway southbound to town; and

 

     WHEREAS, the morning congestion poses a risk of serious accidents and causes motorists to lose valuable time in their morning commute to work due to having only a single lane to enter the H2 Freeway southbound; and

 

     WHEREAS, the congestion is further exacerbated by the traffic from Mililani Town making a left turn from Meheula Parkway to go northbound towards Wahiawa on the H2 Freeway; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over state highways such as the H2 Freeway; and

 

     WHEREAS, the City and County of Honolulu has jurisdiction over county highways such as the Meheula Parkway; and

 

     WHEREAS, the morning peak hour traffic congestion problem needs to be remedied so that commute time delays and safety concerns are addressed to the satisfaction of the community; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, that the Department of Transportation is requested to conduct a study in conjunction with the Honolulu Department of Transportation Services of morning traffic congestion on the Meheula Parkway, particularly for Mililani Mauka residents heading to H2 Freeway southbound; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study identify the causes of the traffic congestion and the solutions to ease the traffic congestion, including the use of "no left turn" signs during morning peak traffic from Meheula Parkway going northbound to Wahiawa; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation schedule and hold community informational briefings during the course of the study; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2011; and

 

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

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Traffic Congestion Study; DOT; Meheula Parkway