Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1807 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to increase highway safety by requiring that the State, any political subdivision of the state, and private contractors working on or repairing a public highway post signs warning motorists of the presence of steel plates placed in the roadway.

A member of the Maui County Council, Hawaii Asphalt Paving Industry, Street Bikers United Hawaii, the Maui Chapter of Street Bikers United, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Department of Transportation supported the intent of this measure.

Steel plates used at construction projects along roadways and highways pose a hazard to motorists and motorcyclists, especially during inclement weather. Your Committee finds that appropriate warning signs placed at these locations will help reduce the threat of this hazard.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1807 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.