Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Government Operations and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 3 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Transportation and County of Honolulu Department of Transportation Services to conduct a road sign audit with the private sector.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committees find that Hawaii suffers from the negative visual impact from the overabundance, redundancy, and lack of oversight of road signage throughout the State. There is evidence to suggest that the discretionary nature of road sign placement in the State and county jurisdictions lacks proper oversight, including incidences where guide signs are summarily placed upon request of residents or businesses in the community without a thorough analysis as to the sign's need or impact.

Testimony by the Department of Transportation indicated that it has met with the Outdoor Circle and the Department of the Attorney General regarding the placement and necessity of road signs throughout the island of Oahu.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Government Operations and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 3 and recommend its adoption.