STAND. COM. REP. NO.  337-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2250

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 2250 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to repair, maintain, and improve privately owned roadways.  Specifically, this measure appropriates funds for repair work and resurfacing of Kalani Street, Auld Lane, and Rawlins Lane on the island of Oahu.

A concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  Bank of Hawaii provided comments.

     Your Committee finds that, while federal, state, and county agencies maintain jurisdiction over, and are responsible for, the repair and maintenance of the majority of roads throughout Hawaii, there are numerous roads throughout the State that are privately owned.  A number of these roads are termed remnant roads, or roads that abut or are sandwiched between sections of county-owned roads that should have been dedicated to the county by developers but were not for unknown reasons.  Over the decades, many of these roads have remained open to the public with unrestricted access, including access for cars, buses, and refuse trucks.  However, questions still remain as to who is responsible for the repair and maintenance of such roads.  Kalani Street, Auld Lane, and Rawlins Lane on the island of Oahu appear to be remnant roads and have fallen into serious disrepair.  Your Committee finds that providing funds to repair and resurface these roads will help to enhance transportation safety for roads that may have otherwise gone unrepaired and unmaintained.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Making the appropriation for Kalani Street on Oahu an unspecified amount; and

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050.

     Should the Committee of Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee on Transportation respectfully requests that it consider appropriating $1,850,000 for the repair work, including floor mitigation and installing drainage infrastructure, and resurfacing of Kalani Street on Oahu.

     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. 2250, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2250, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair