STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2666

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2488

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2488 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC SAFETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriate the bond revenues for a traffic signal improvement project in Kihei, Maui.

 

     Your Committee received no written comments on the measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that there have been numerous accidents and near-accidents at the intersection of Piilani Highway and Kulanihakoi Street in Kihei, Maui, where the entrance to a new high school is planned.  The planning, design, and construction of a traffic signal at this intersection will help ensure safety and prevent future congestion.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the amount of the appropriation to an unspecified sum; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2488, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2488, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair