(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the governor or state director of transportation, in the case of a state highway, or the mayor of a county or the county director of transportation, in the case of a county highway, determines that substantial endangerment to public health and safety is or is highly likely to be caused by the temporary closure of, or the lack of adequate access to an area by, a county highway or a state highway as defined under section 264-1(a), which requires immediate action, the governor or state director of transportation, in the case of a state highway, or a mayor of a county or the county director of transportation, in the case of a county highway, without a public hearing, may designate the area to be a traffic emergency zone, and may take any action that may be necessary until access to the designated area has been established. The designation shall fix a place and time, not later than twenty-four hours after the designation, for a hearing to be held before the state director of transportation, or the county director of transportation.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 264-1.5
“Cane haul road” means a road that is part of an agricultural system of roads or ways established to take agricultural products from the fields to processing facilities without using the public highways.
“County highway” shall have the same meaning as in section 264-1(a).
“State highway” shall have the same meaning as in section 264-1(a).
“Traffic emergency zone” means an area that is accessible by a single state highway and whose accessibility would be compromised by major motor vehicle accidents, fires, floods, erosion, or other factors that would cause the closure of a state or county highway and causes or is highly likely to cause substantial endangerment to public health and safety.
(g) Each designation of a traffic emergency zone shall expire within five years.
