Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 41 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to alleviate traffic congestion in the area of Kailua High School by urging the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS)to establish an intergovernmental-community task force to develop a plan to design an alternative access road to Kailua High School.

The Ko'olau News, Kailua Neighborhood Board No. 31, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Public Safety, Department of Transportation, and DAGS supported the intent of the measure. The Department of Education opposed this measure.

Currently, Kailua High School has only a single roadway permitting access to both its campus and playing fields. This limited access has caused problems for adjoining neighborhoods when events such as athletic contests, graduation exercises, and other special events are held at the school and has become a safety concern for emergency vehicles entering these neighborhoods since access becomes difficult with roadways clogged with parked cars and traffic. The construction of an alternative access road to Kailua High School should alleviate these problems.

Your Committee finds that numerous agencies have expertise in various issues that may be helpful to DAGS when developing the plan to design an alternative access road to Kailua High School. Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

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. 41, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 41, H.D. 1.