CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 47-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

RE:    S.B. No. 2375

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2375, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to establish speed limits along certain portions of the Daniel K. Inouye Highway.

Your Committee on Conference finds that Route 200 on the Island of Hawaii, known locally as Saddle Road and recently renamed the Daniel K. Inouye Highway, traverses the width of the Island of Hawaii.  Saddle Road stretches from downtown Hilo to the junction with Hawaii Route 190, near the town of Waimea, and often serves as a shorter route for people traveling from Kona to Hilo.  While once known as one of the most dangerous roads in the State because of numerous one-lane bridges and areas of marginally maintained pavement, most of the road has now been repaved and major parts have new re-alignments constructed to modern standards.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting a speed limit of sixty miles-per-hour beginning at mile marker 12;

     (2)  Inserting a speed limit of forty-five miles-per-hour or any other speed limit as determined by the Department of Transportation along the highway beginning at Pohakuloa training area and ending one-half mile east of the Mauna Kea county park entrance; and

     (3)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2017.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2375, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2375, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair	____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair
	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Co-Chair