Bill Text: HI SCR237 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Concurrent Resolution 237 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Urging The Department Of Transportation And City And County Of Honolulu To Replace Existing Crosswalks With Raised Crosswalks Along A Certain Portion Of North Road.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-10 - Referred to TRS. [SCR237 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-SCR237-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	237
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

urging the department of transportation and city and county of honolulu to REPLACE existing crosswalks with raised crosswalks along a certain portion of north road.

WHEREAS, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, speeding is involved in nearly one-third of all motor vehicle fatalities in the United States; and

WHEREAS, in Hawaii, speeding is a contributing factor in nearly fifty percent of all traffic fatalities; and

WHEREAS, despite the numerous crosswalks installed on North Road, speeding remains a serious issue along the roadway; and

WHEREAS, installing raised crosswalks is an effective method of slowing traffic; and

WHEREAS, installing raised crosswalks along North Road would help to reduce the number of speeding vehicles on the roadway and protect the residents of Ewa Beach; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2020, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Transportation and City and County of Honolulu are urged to replace with raised crosswalks any existing crosswalks along North Road between:

(1) The intersection of North Road and Fort Weaver Road; and

(2) Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Transportation, Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Director of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu, and Chair of the Honolulu City Council.