STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1867

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.R. No. 125

H.D. 2

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.R. No. 125, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI TO COLLABORATE TO PROPOSE VIABLE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY AND RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AROUND HAIKU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Transportation, Department of Education, and Department of Transportation of the County of Maui to collaborate to propose viable solutions to improve pedestrian and traffic safety and relieve traffic congestion around Haiku Elementary School.

Your Committee received no written testimony on this measure.

Your Committee finds that traffic congestion around Haiku Elementary School is partly due to the school's location and the limited access via one single road, Pauwela Road. Your Committee further finds that there are multiple possible solutions to alleviate traffic congestion around Haiku Elementary School, including establishing an additional pick-up and drop-off location at Haiku Park Community Center and building additional sidewalks near the school. This measure requests state and county departments to collaborate to explore these and other solutions to ensure the safety of students of Haiku Elementary School and other pedestrians.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the Maui County Department of Public Works, rather than the Department of Transportation of the County of Maui, is requested to collaborate with the Department of Transportation and Department of Education to propose viable solutions to improve pedestrian and traffic safety and relieve traffic congestion around Haiku Elementary School;

(2) Directing a certified copy of this measure to the Director of Maui County Department of Public Works, rather than the Director of Transportation of the County of Maui;

(3) Amending its title in accordance with its amended purpose; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 125, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 125, H.D. 2.

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

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair