Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 120 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to explore traffic management alternatives for the H-1 Freeway (H-1) traffic from Ewa to Honolulu that is anticipated to substantially increase because of the tremendous growth expected in the Ewa area by requesting the Department of Transportation (DOT) to:

Haseko Homes, Inc., and the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii submitted testimony in support of the concurrent resolution. DOT and Gentry Companies supported the intent of the measure.

Over the next 20 years, all the activities associated with a new university campus, Ko Olina Resort, Ewa Marina, a major super regional park, and the City of Kapolei will substantially increase the amount of traffic on H-1 Honolulu bound. The traffic is further increased by the many on-ramps feeding onto H-1 and the merging of H-1 and H-2 between Ewa and Honolulu.

The overseas bridge or undersea tunnel is a possible means to manage the traffic by reducing the number of vehicles that initially enter H-1 from Kalaeloa, Kapolei, Ewa, and Ewa Beach. Your Committee finds that the gravity of the situation dictates that the feasibility of a bond-financed bridge or tunnel be analyzed.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 120 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.