STAND. COM. REP. NO. 77

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 483
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 483 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFORMATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to keep motorists apprised of traffic conditions on roadways
throughout the State.

     Your Committee finds that motorists often face delays in
reaching their destinations because of unexpected accidents or
other road conditions which impede movement of vehicles.  Your
Committee further finds that if motorists were apprised of such
conditions, they would drive more cautiously, and might be able
to take alternate routes to complete their trips.

     This bill proposes that the Department of Transportation
establish and maintain a system by which motorists may be
apprised of road conditions throughout the State.

     Testimony in support of the intent of this bill was received
from the Department of Transportation, which cited that
implementation of such a system is not feasible at this time
because of inability to gather official information to
disseminate to drivers.

 
 
 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
483 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to
the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation,



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair