Chapter 19-101

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Rules Repealing Rules and Regulations
Governing the Movement of Overweight Vehicles
Along and Upon Hana Highway (FAS 360)
between Kailua Village and Hana Town,
and Adopting Chapter 101, Title 19,
Administrative Rules
SUMMARY
1. Rules and Regulations Governing the Movement of
Overweight Vehicles Along and Upon Hana Highway
(FAS 360) between Kailua Village and Hana Town
are repealed.
2. Chapter 101 of title 19, entitled "Movement of
Overweight Vehicles Along and Upon Hana Highway
(FAS 360) between Kailua Village and Hana", is
adopted.

TITLE 19 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SUBTITLE 4 HIGHWAYS DIVISION
CHAPTER 101
MOVEMENT OF OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES
ALONG AND UPON HANA HIGHWAY (FAS 360)
BETWEEN KAILUA VILLAGE AND HANA
Sec. 19-101-1 Purpose; definition
Sec. 19-101-2 Weight limitation
Sec. 19-101-3 Special permit
Sec. 19-101-4 Application for special permit
Sec. 19-101-5 Review of application
Sec. 19-101-6 Inventory rating
Sec. 19-101-7 Operating rating
Sec. 19-101-8 Repeal
Historical note. This chapter is based substan-
tially on the rules and regulations governing the
movement of overweight vehicles along and upon Hana
highway (FAS 360) between Kailua Village and Hana
Town. [Eff. 6/17/76; R MAY 30 1981]
Sec. 19-101-1 Purpose; definition. (a) The
purpose of this chapter is to promote the safety of
persons and the protection of property, the furtherance
of safe travel along the Hana Highway and the general
welfare of the residents of Hana. This chapter is
precautionary and preventive in nature. The intent
is to extend the useful life of the structures and to
provide safeguards against the danger of structural
failures on the Hana Highway between Kailua Village
and Hana. The failure of any of the structures would
sever the vital land link between Hana and the rest
of Maui for the transport of food, gasoline and other
necessary goods, causing irreparable damage to the
residents of Hana.
(b) As used in this chapter, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, "department" means the
department of transportation of the State of Hawaii.
[Eff. MAY 30 1981] (Auth: HRS Sec. 291-36) (Imp: HRS
Sec. 291-36)

Sec. 19-101-2 Weight limitation. No motor
vehicle or other power vehicle, or combination of
such vehicles, equipped wholly with pneumatic tires,
which has a total gross weight, including vehicle and
load, in excess of ten tons shall be operated or
moved upon that section of the Hana Highway between
Kailua Village and Hana unless the operator has first
applied in writing and secured a written permit from
the department. The department shall erect 10-ton
weight limit signs at each end of the above described
section of Hana Highway and at such additional
locations within that section of the highway as the
director determines is necessary to give reasonable
notice of the limitation. [Eff. MAY 30 1981] (Auth:
HRS Sec. 291-36) (Imp: HRS Sec. 291-36)
Sec. 19-101-3 Special permit. The department
may, upon application in writing and if good cause
appears, issue a special permit in writing, authorizing
the applicant to move a vehicle or combination of
vehicles the total gross weight of which is in
excess of ten tons, along and upon the section of
Hana Highway between Kailua Village and Hana. [Eff.
MAY 30 1981] (Auth: HRS Sec. 291-36) (Imp: HRS Sec.
291-36)
Sec. 19-101-4 Application for special permit.
The application shall indicate for the vehicle or
combination of vehicles, its number of axles, gross
weight, axle loads, number of wheels per axle, tire
sizes, axle spacing and tread width. "Tread width"
means the distance between the centerlines of the two
tires on the same axle. For dual tires, it shall be
the distance between the centers of the two sets of
tires. For multiple tires on the same axle, it shall
be the distance between the centers of the outer
tires on each end. [Eff. MAY 30 1981] (Auth: HRS Sec.
291-36) (Imp: HRS Sec. 291-36)
Sec. 19-101-5 Review of application. Upon
receipt of the completed application, the department
shall analyze, based upon vehicle and load configura-
tion, whether the lowest capacity structure along the
Hana Highway can safely continue to support such a
vehicle and load configuration. Analysis shall be
based upon Section 4, AASHTO "Manual for Maintenance
and Inspection of Bridges (1974)". [Eff. MAY 30 1981]
(Auth: HRS Sec. 291-36) (Imp: HRS Sec. 291-36)

Sec. 19-101-6 Inventory rating. (a) The
inventory rating is that load level which can safely
utilize an existing structure for an indefinite
period.
(b) If the inventory rating of the lowest
capacity structure is exceeded by the vehicle, or
combination of vehicles, conveying a load which
consists of gravel, cement, lumber, petroleum products,
pipe or any other product, material or equipment
which is physically capable of being reduced in
weight to meet the inventory rating of the structure
without damage to the load, the load shall be so
reduced before a permit shall be issued.
(c) A permit for the movement of a vehicle and
load configuration which does not exceed the inventory
rating of the lowest capacity structure shall be
issued for continuous operation and shall be valid
for one year from date of issuance. If reduced to
the 10-ton load limit, no permit is required.
(d) If the inventory rating of the lowest
capacity structure is exceeded by the vehicle or
combination of vehicles and load, all or part of
which can reasonably be dismantled, disassembled or
in any manner reduced, such action shall be taken to
the maximum extent possible before a permit shall be
issued.
(e) Alternatively, if the inventory rating can
be met by use of other transporting equipment, a
permit shall be granted on such basis.
(f) A permit for the movement of a vehicle and
load configuration which exceeds the inventory
rating of the lowest capacity structure shall be
issued for a single trip (one-way or round trip) and
shall be valid only for the specific date, time and
route designated in the permit. [Eff. MAY 30 1981]
(Auth: HRS Sec. 291-36) (Imp: HRS Sec. 291-36)
Sec. 19-101-7 Operating rating. The operating
rating is the absolute maximum permissible load level
to which a structure may be subjected. No permit
shall be issued for a vehicle and load the gross
weights of which exceeds the operating rating of the
structures. [Eff. MAY 30 1981] (Auth: HRS Sec. 291-36)
(Imp: HRS Sec. 291-36)
Sec. 19-101-8 Repeal. All rules and regulations
governing the movement of overweight vehicles along
and upon Hana Highway (FAS 360) between Kailua
Village and Hana Town in effect prior to the effective
date of this chapter are repealed. [Eff. MAY 30 1981]
(Auth: HRS Sec. 291-36) (Imp: HRS Sec. 291-36)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
I, RYOKICHI HIGASHIONNA, in my capacity as the
Director of Transportation of the State of Hawaii,
pursuant to the authority vested in me by law, do
hereby adopt the foregoing Chapter 101 of Title 19
which contains rules relating to the Movement of
Overweight Vehicles Along and Upon Hana Highway
(FAS 360) between Kailua Village and Hana.
The rules in this chapter are being adopted
following public hearings held on March 31, April 1,
2, and 3, 1981, notice of which was duly published on
March 2, 1981 in the Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Hawaii Tribune Herald, Maui News and
Garden Island News.
These rules shall take effect ten days after
filing with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
RYOKICHI HIGASHIONNA
Director of Transportation
Date: May 13, 1981
APPROVED:
GEORGE R. ARIYOSHI
Governor
State of Hawaii
Date: May 18, 1981
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Deputy Attorney General