STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1959-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.C.R. No. 108

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 S.C.R. No. 108 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES TO ACTIVELY SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO CONSTRUCT MORE ROUNDABOUTS INSTEAD OF SIGNALIZED, RIGHT-ANGLE INTERSECTIONS IN THE STATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to encourage the Department of Transportation and County Transportation Agencies to actively seek opportunities to construct more roundabouts instead of signalized, right-angle intersections in the state.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the State Department of Transportation.  Individual Kim Kido commented on this resolution.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 108 and recommends that it 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