Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 225 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to mitigate traffic safety concerns at the intersection of Kalanianaole Highway and Ulupii Street in Kailua, Oahu, by requesting the Director of Transportation to undertake a traffic light study at that intersection.

Two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Transportation (DOT) opposed this measure.

Your Committee finds that the intersection of Kalanianaole Highway and Ulupii Street in Kailua on the island of Oahu, which is near Maunawili Elementary School, is a particularly congested and hazardous intersection. A traffic signal may be warranted at that intersection and may help to mitigate these dangerous conditions.

Although your Committee understands that DOT conducted a study in this same area in 2004 that found that a traffic signal was not warranted, this study may have been more focused on the Kailua High School side of Kalanianaole Highway, which is opposite from the elementary school, and that input from community members on that portion of the highway may not have been solicited. Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by requesting the Director of Transportation to:

Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 225, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 225, H.D. 1.