STAND. COM. REP. NO. 306

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1011

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 1011 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HIGHWAY WIDENING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Transportation to widen Queen Kaahumanu Highway and Kuakini Highway on the island of Hawaii.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, one member of the Hawai‘i County Council, and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that the rapidly growing population in west Hawaii has contributed to consistent vehicle traffic on Queen Kaahumanu Highway and Kuakini Highway. The intersection where these highways merge is a critical lifeline for south Kona residents and is often compromised by excessive traffic. This measure appropriates funds to widen these highways to alleviate the traffic congestion.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting a blank appropriation amount.

Your Committee requests that if this measure advances, your Committee on Ways and Means continue the conversation and determine the appropriate appropriation amount for the projects proposed by 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1011, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1011, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair