STAND. COM. REP. NO. 875
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1152
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1152 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to
conduct a comprehensive review of past studies of traffic flow in the corridor from Central Oahu to the H-1 Freeway, including any proposals to extend contra-flow lanes to Mililani, and make recommendations to improve traffic flow in the area; and
(2) Appropriate funds to facilitate DOT's study.
The Mililani/Waipio/Melemanu Neighborhood Board supported this bill. The Department of Transportation supported the intent of this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Instructing DOT to include a comprehensive review of
regional connectivity and travel time mitigation in the Central Oahu area;
(2) Mandating DOT to establish a task force to provide advisory assistance to DOT; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1152, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1152, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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