Report Title:

Kamehameha Highway Hazard Assessment Study.

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for a hazard assessment study of Kamehameha highway.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1657

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

 

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

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that there is a hazardous condition on the Haleiwa side of Waimea Bay, with the imminent possibility of rockslides and the collapse of Kamehameha highway due to erosion. The rockslide on the Kahuku side of Waimea Bay in 2000 is an indication of the immediate danger facing the area, which threatens injury and death to both residents and visitors. The rockslide last year caused financial hardship to businesses on the north shore and inconvenienced everyone living in and visiting the area. The legislature further finds that the State could face potential liability unless action is taken to stabilize the Kamehameha highway and its surrounding terrain.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001-2002, to conduct a hazard assessment study of the Kamehameha highway near Waimea Bay.

SECTION 3. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of transportation for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. The department of transportation shall present the hazard assessment study to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2002 legislature.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.

INTRODUCED BY:

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