§264-17 Public hearing. Any state or county agency which prepares proposed plans for a major public highway project shall provide an opportunity for a public hearing at the earliest practicable time before the proposed plans for the project are finalized and commitments have been made by the state or county to the plans or the project. The public hearing shall be conducted and notice given in an adequate manner to apprise all interested persons of the proposed routes and scope of the projects and allow an opportunity for all interested persons to submit data, views, or arguments, orally or in writing. The public hearing required under this section may be held in conjunction with a public hearing held on the project to meet the requirement of any federal, state or county law provided the provisions of this section are satisfied.
The proposing agency shall satisfy any requirement for holding a public hearing under this section if adequate notice of the opportunity for the public hearing on the project is given to interested persons and no written requests for the hearing are received by the agency within a reasonable time.
This section shall not apply to the construction of highway projects where the governor has made a formal determination that the construction of the project is urgently needed because of an emergency, a natural disaster, or a catastrophic failure. [L 1976, c 163, §1]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 15. Transportation and Utilities
264-1 Public highways and trails.
264-1.5 Emergency powers; traffic emergency zones.
264-2.1 County highways; ownership.
264-3 Disposal of abandoned public highway.
264-4 Restoration of boundary markers.
264-5 In lieu of other compensation.
264-6 State highway not to be disturbed without permit.
264-8 Specifications, standards, procedures.
264-9 Backfilling, repaving, repairing, expense of permit holder.
264-10 Deposit of fees, etc.; inspectors.
264-12 Penalty for violations.
264-13 Easements, etc., along state highways.
264-14 Permit and paving requirements.
264-15 Highway advance acquisition; source of funds.
264-16 State highway clearing accounts.
264-18 Use of highway fund for bikeways.
264-20 Flexibility in highway design; liability of State, counties, and public utilities.
264-20.7 Clean ground transportation goal.
264-22 State highway department.
264-25 Signs and markings on federal-aid highways.
264-26 Combination of federal and state funds.
264-28 Federal-aid projects; mandatory on council.
264-30 Transfers of county funds.
264-31 Maintenance of federal-aid highways.
264-32 Utility facility defined.
264-33 Relocation of utility facilities.
264-34 Portions of projects deemed one.
264-35 Assistance for displaced families and business.
264-36 Conformance with county general or master plans.
264-42 Authority to include other public highways in the state highway system.
264-44 Maintenance of state highway system.
264-61 Definition of a controlled-access facility.
264-62 Authority to establish controlled-access facilities.
264-63 Acquisition of property.
264-65 New and existing facilities; grade-crossing eliminations.
264-66 Authority to enter into agreements.
264-72 Control of outdoor advertising.
264-74 Removal of nonconforming outdoor advertising.
264-75 Compensation for removal of outdoor advertising.
264-76 Unlawful outdoor advertising.
264-79 Agreements with the United States authorized.
264-85 Junkyards lawfully in existence.
264-86 Requirement as to screening.
264-87 Authority to acquire interest in land for removal and screening of existing junkyards.
264-90 Agreements with the United States authorized.
264-101 Vending from highways prohibited.
264-122 Highway development special fund.
264-123 Authority to assess impact fees; needs assessment study.
264-124 Impact fees; director's consent.
264-125 Refund of impact fees to county.
264-127 Limitations on actions.
264-131 Sidewalk project priority lists.
264-142 Ground transportation facilities.