STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1625-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.C.R. No. 219

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 219 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION TO SEEK GREATER FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTING BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATHS AND IMPROVING CURRENTLY AVAILABLE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATH INFRASTRUCTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the state Department of Transportation and the transportation departments of each of the counties of Hawaii to immediately seek greater federal funding for the construction of bike and pedestrian path infrastructure and for improvements to existing bike and pedestrian path infrastructure.

The Department of Transportation, American Heart Association, Blue Zones Project, Ulupono Initiative, and Hawaii Bicycling League testified in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 219 and recommends that it 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