STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2704

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3035

       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. 3035, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSERVATION,"

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 to plan and accomplish the realignment of Kamehameha Highway mauka of Laniakea Beach on the North Shore of Oahu.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation, Kamehameha Schools, and ten individuals.

     Your Committee finds that realigning Kamehameha Highway would divert traffic from areas on the North Shore of Oahu that are prone to erosion and heavy pedestrian traffic, thereby alleviating traffic concerns caused by those issues.

     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. 3035, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair