Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2663 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to include the Koolau Loa coastal highway, from Kaaawa to Waimea, Oahu, in the list of highways for which the Director of Transportation shall establish a process to allow flexible highway design.

Your Committee understands that the availability of flexible highway design for the Koolau Loa coastal highway will enable the implementation of needed highway improvements, while preserving the area's unique rustic character and spectacular natural, scenic, and cultural qualities.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2663 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.