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. 63 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to mitigate traffic congestion along the Waianae Coast by requesting the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization (OMPO) to include the Waianae second access road project in the TOP 2025 and identify immediate sources of funding for the project.

A member of the Waianae Neighborhood Board and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure. The Department of Transportation supported the intent of this measure. OMPO commented on this measure.

Currently, the Waianae Coast has only one access road, a situation that poses a safety risk to the citizens of the Waianae Coast and causes considerable inconvenience when the roadway is closed for any length of time. Your Committee finds that there is an increasing need for an alternative access road to the Waianae Coast to alleviate traffic congestion and accommodate the growing population of leeward Oahu.

However, your Committee is cognizant of the fact that presently, no funding mechanism exists for OMPO to include a second access road to Waianae in their regional transportation plan. 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. 63, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 63, H.D. 1.