STAND. COM. REP. NO. 240

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 662

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and Energy, to which was referred S.B. No. 662 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO W.H. SHIPMAN FOR TRAFFIC MODIFICATIONS IN THE SHIPMAN BUSINESS PARK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds as a grant-in-aid to W.H. Shipman, Ltd., for traffic plans and traffic lights in the Shipman Business Park on the Island of Hawai‘i.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that the strategic positioning of traffic lights helps ensure an efficient flow of traffic and promotes the health and safety of the public.  In the Shipman Business Park in Hawaii County the lack of a strategically placed traffic light creates a potentially dangerous situation where motorists must cross a busy highway to make necessary turns.  It is therefore necessary to take steps to rectify this unsatisfactory traffic condition.  The most appropriate means of addressing the traffic issues in this area is to appropriate funds as a grant-in-aid to W.H. Shipman, Ltd. to develop plans and install appropriate traffic lights.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Energy that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 662 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair