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HI SCR128
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/11/2016
Primary Sponsor
Mike Gabbard
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AI Summary
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Requests the Department of Transportation to begin construction of the Leeward Bikeway before the end of 2016.
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Leeward Bikeway is a proposed thirteen-mile paved multi-use path (8-12 feet wide with 2-foot shoulders) to be constructed along the former Oahu Railway & Land Company railroad tracks on the leeward side of Oahu.
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Department of Transportation has $9,000,000 in funding programmed for 2016 for Phase I construction.
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Right-of-way was transferred from the federal government to the State in 1980, and the Legislature appropriated funds in 1995; project requires coordination with Federal Highway Administration on National Historic Preservation Act compliance.
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Project aims to provide transportation alternatives to leeward Oahu residents by linking Pearl Harbor Historic Trail to Nanakuli.
Legislative Description
Requesting DOT to being construction of the Leeward Bikeway during 2016.
Last Action
Report adopted, referred to WAM.
3/29/2016