STAND. COM. REP. NO.  433-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2563

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2563 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address the transportation needs of the residents of the Leeeward Coast by appropriating funds to the Department of Transportation to conduct a feasibility study on the construction of an alternate access road to be built mauka of Farrington highway beginning at Lualualei Naval Magazine road which provides ingress and egress for the Leeward coast of Oahu.  This measure also requires a report to the Legislature and appropriates funds for the study.  

A concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Transportation and a concerned individual commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing the requirement that the feasibility study of an alternative access road include a timetable for the construction of the road;

     (2)  Inserting provisions that require the Department of Transportation to conduct a traffic study and recommend improvements for traffic flow in the Central Oahu corridor and submit a report to the Legislature on this study;

     (3)  Inserting provisions that establish a major accident investigation team in counties with a population of 500,000 or more to minimize related traffic delays caused by major accidents;

     (4)  Including funding for the Central Oahu traffic study and costs associated with the establishment of a major accident investigation team;

     (5)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount, to encourage further discussion; and

     (6)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     Should your Committee on Finance deliberate on this measure, your Committee respectfully requests an appropriation amount of $750,000.

     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. 2563, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2563, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair