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.B. No. 828 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to begin the process of planning for an additional harbor on the island of Maui. Specifically, this measure appropriates $2,000,000 for the planning of a new Maui harbor.

Members of the Maui County Council, Matson Navigation Company, and the North West Cruiseship Association testified in support of this measure. The Department of Transportation opposed this bill.

Your Committee finds that Maui is the only major island with a single large commercial port. This lack of harbor space requires cargo and passenger vessels to maneuver for docking facilities, causing delays in both passenger arrivals and cargo shipments. These delays have a direct impact on the economy of Maui County, an impact that may be lessened by the development of a new harbor.

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. 828 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.