STAND. COM. REP. NO.  490-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3004

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 3004 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to assist in alleviating traffic congestion by increasing the carrying capacity of the State's highways by requiring the Department of Transportation (DOT) to identify all existing and any possible rights-of-way within each county that could facilitate the construction of highway lane miles.

     Charley's Taxi, the Hawaii Highway Users Alliance, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  DOT opposed this measure.

     Traffic congestion has often been cited as a major concern for motorists throughout the state.  While Hawaii's finite space requires alternative modes of transportation to be examined, the identification of all existing and any possible rights-of-way within each county may facilitate the building of additional highway lane miles to help alleviate traffic congestion throughout the state.

     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. 3004 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation,

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair