Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 63, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization (OMPO) to consider the Waianae second access road project in its regional transportation plan of 2004 and to identify immediate sources of funding for the project.

Your Committee received comments regarding this measure from OMPO.

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.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 63, H.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.