STAND. COM. REP. NO.  905-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2484

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2484 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve traffic safety in West Oahu by requiring the Department of Transportation to:

     (1)  Conduct a traffic safety study on the roadway from Kunia Road to Wilikina Drive; and

     (2)  Determine through the study whether it would be feasible to install an advance warning signal at Exit 5A on the H-1 Freeway.

     This measure also requires the Department of Transportation to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature.

One individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Transportation provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2484, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2484, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair