STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3343

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2015

H.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2015, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Transportation to identify an emergency egress route other than Komo Mai Drive from Pacific Palisades or, if no other route can be found, determine the feasibility of constructing an alternate emergency egress route.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Pearl City Neighborhood Board.

Your Committee finds that Pacific Palisades is extremely vulnerable to natural disasters, including but not limited to hurricanes and flash flooding. Your Committee further finds that over the past two decades, the residents of Pacific Palisades have, at times, been unable to leave or return to the community due to water main breaks, tree fallings, road flooding, traffic accidents, police investigations, and other incidents that required the closure of Komo Mai Drive. This measure will help provide residents of Pacific Palisades with an emergency egress route in the event of an emergency or natural disaster.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2015, H.D. 1, 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 Culture and the Arts,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair