STAND. COM. REP. NO.  390

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 865

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 865 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure close coordination between the State and counties when formulating the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Statewide Transportation Plan.

     The Chair of the Maui County Council, Department of Transportation Services of the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, and Hawaii Association of Realtors testified in support of this bill.  DOT testified in opposition to this measure.

     Coordination of highway and other roadway projects is critical to ensure that transportation projects are completed on a timely and efficient basis.  Requiring the state to consider a county's transportation-related plans or general plan, along with other community development plans when developing a statewide plan will go a long way to enhancing this coordination.

Although your Committee understands that, as a general practice, DOT currently consults with county transportation officials and considers a county's transportation-related and general plans, this measure will ensure that this practice is carried on in the future.

     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. 865 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

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

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair