STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1380-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.R. No. 116

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.R. No. 116 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO INSPECT, CLEAN, AND FIX THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN EAST HONOLULU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Transportation with cooperation from the City and County of Honolulu Department of Facility Maintenance to inspect and study the East Honolulu drainage system and take steps to improve it to prevent further flooding.  

Ten individuals, most of them residents of Wailupe Place, testified in support.

     In the valleys and low-lying areas of East Honolulu flood damage to homes and property often occurs after extended periods of rain. Apparently homes along Wailupe Place suffer extraordinary flooding and damage and residents allege the drainage system is the principal cause. Residents testify that the level of flooding is several feet high in many areas, causes extensive property damage, remains flooded for several days and has occurred repeatedly for years.

     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 H.R. No. 116 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