Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 1152, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and Mililani Neighborhood Board No. 25. Comments were received from Life of the Land.

It is critical that Hawaii's highways and roads accommodate traffic flows efficiently, safely, and quickly. Motorists from Wahiawa, Mililani, Waipahu, and other leeward communities depend on and use the H-2 freeway and Kamehameha highway in their daily commutes to and from work and for other purposes. These highways are critical roads that serve as ingress and egress for a multitude of communities bridging Central Oahu and urban Honolulu.

It is only logical to determine whether a set of recommendations may be developed through a review of past traffic studies and consideration of alternatives for improving regional connectivity and reducing travel time, including the possibility of extending the "zipper" contra-flow lane from the H-1/H-2 interchange to Mililani.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1152, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.