HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	105
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

REQUESTING THE MAYOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU AND OAHU TRANSIT SERVICES, INC., TO CONSIDER ADDING AN ADDITIONAL BUS STOP ON FARRINGTON HIGHWAY FRONTING MOUNTAINSIDE OF THE HAWAII MEDICAL CENTER WEST ON FARRINGTON HIGHWAY.

     WHEREAS, in September 2005, a group of practicing physicians in Hawaii united under the banner of the Hawaii Physician Group LLC to establish the State's first-ever physician-owned hospitals; and

     WHEREAS, the Hawaii Medical Center West has one of the busiest twenty-four hour emergency rooms on Oahu, complete with a helipad to facilitate the rapid transport of patients and offers express care services for the treatment of minor medical emergencies, serving the Leeward Coast and part of central Oahu; and

     WHEREAS, Hawaii Medical Center West is located on Fort Weaver Road in Ewa Beach on Oahu; and

     WHEREAS, currently, Oahu Transit Services, Inc., the operator of TheBus in the City and County of Honolulu, has established a bus stop on Fort Weaver Road that is some distance away from the Hawaii Medical Center West; and

     WHEREAS, that bus stop is a major bus stop that is heavily used by many bus passengers, including patients, visitors, and employees of the Hawaii Medical Center West; and

     WHEREAS, while the existing makai bus stop is still effective, adding an additional bus stop to a location fronting mountainside of the Hawaii Medical Center on Farrington Highway would not only afford all bus passengers much greater convenience but would also provide a greater measure of safety to those bus passengers who are patients of the hospital by reducing the distance they need to traverse to reach the hospital; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2008, the Senate concurring, that the Mayor and the Director of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu and Oahu Transit Services, Inc. are requested to consider adding an additional bus stop to a location directly fronting mountainside of the Hawaii Medical Center West on Farrington Highway; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor and Director of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu, the President and General Manager of Oahu Transit Services, Inc., the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Medical Center, and the Chairpersons of the Waipahu, Ewa, and Kapolei Neighborhood Boards.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Hawaii Medical Center West; Bus Stop Movement