According to Wilson Okamoto Corporation, "The State Department of Transportation Highways Division is undertaking planning and preliminary engineering to develop a second access road to the Leeward Community College (LCC). Wilson Okamoto Corporation has been retained as consulting planners and engineers for this project. The proposed access will begin at Waipio Point Access Road and connect to Ala Ike Road which fronts the LCC campus."
Attached to the letter was the project overview:
"The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation Highways Division is undertaking planning and preliminary engineering to provide a second access to the Leeward Community College (LCC) campus in Pearl City, Oahu. This access will begin at Waipio Point Access Road and connect to Ala Ike Road which fronts LCC. The road is planned to be a two-lane, two-way facility that will include curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and utilities. The roadway is expected to be approximately 5,000 to 6,500 feet in length within an approximately 70-foot right-of-way.
LCC presently has a single point of access from Waiawa Road, with no secondary access or emergency roadway provisions, nor is there convenient freeway access to H-1 eastbound. The proposed secondary access road is expected to extend from Waipio Point Access Road behind Waipahu High School to Ala Ike Road fronting the LCC campus.
Planning and alternative analyses, environmental documentation, and preliminary engineering and conceptual design are underway for the development of this second access road. The attached figure shows the three (3) alternative alignments under consideration between Waipio Point Access Road and the LCC.
For the exisiting Waiawa Road access, improvements are also planned to increase roadway capacity and improve pedestrian access and safety. These improvements include providing adaquate pedestrian facilities from the City bus stops on Farrington Highway to the LCC campus, and limited widening of Waiawa Road between its intersections with Farrington Highway westbound and Farrington Highway eastbound.
Studies that will be conducted as part of the Environmental Assessment include: archaeological inventory survey, cultural impact assessment, botanical survey, faunal survey, traffic impact, noise impact, social impact assessment, and hazardous waste assessments.
To the extent possible, the improvements will conform to various standards including AASHTO, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Hawaii Statewide Uniform Design Manual for Streets and Highway. Project planning and environmental documents will be in compliance with Title VI Environmental Justice (EJ) requirements, and the National Enviromental Policy Act (NEPA), the provisions of 23 CFR Part 771, Environmental and Related Procedures, Chapter 343, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and the provisions of Title 11, Chapter 200, Hawaii Administrative Rules, (EIS Rules).
Preliminary planning and engineering studies are expected to be completed by December 2006."
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