STAND. COM. REP. NO.  533-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2484

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. 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.

Two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Transportation provided comments.

     Concerns have been raised regarding the safety of the roadway from Kunia Road to Wilikina Drive by members of the community.  Your Committee finds that conducting a traffic safety study for the area, including determining the feasibility of installing a warning signal at Exit 5A on the H-1 Freeway, is a first step to addressing these safety concerns.

     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. 2484 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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