STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 2172
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: S.C.R. No. 62
S.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 62, S.D. 1, entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CREATE A SECOND ACCESS POINT FROM WHITMORE VILLAGE VIA SAIPAN DRIVE TO KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC ON WHITMORE AVENUE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.
Your Committee finds that the population of Whitmore Village has increased by almost one thousand residents between 2000 and 2020. Further, Whitmore Village is also the site of the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Pacific and National Security Agency Hawaii, in addition to agricultural lands that are being developed for food production. Despite the increase of economic activity in the area, there is only one ingress and egress from Whitmore Village to Kamehameha Highway, creating traffic congestion within Whitmore Village. Your Committee therefore finds that if the Department of Transportation creates a second access point from Whitmore Village, this will help to alleviate traffic congestion and provide additional relief and traffic mitigation for those who work and reside there.
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 S.C.R. No. 62, S.D. 1, 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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____________________________ CHRIS TODD, Chair |
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