STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1580-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 125
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred
S.C.R. No. 125 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     TRANSPORTATION TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY OF THE CENTRAL H-1
     FREEWAY CORRIDOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this Senate Concurrent Resolution, as
received by your Committee, is to request the Department of
Transportation (DOT)to expand the capacity of the Central H-1
Freeway corridor. 

     Your Committee finds that there is an urgent need to reduce
traffic congestion on the Central H-1 Freeway corridor.  Your
Committee further finds that increasing roadway capacity is the
best means for reducing traffic congestion, such as High
Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes that have proven effective in
accommodating more vehicles with less congestion.

     Testimonies in support of this measure were received from
the Department of Transportation, McCully-Mo'ili'ili Neighborhood
Board No. 8, Makiki Neighborhood Board No. 10, Diamond
Head/Kapahulu/St. Louis Heights Neighborhood Board No. 5, Palolo
Neighborhood Board No. 6, and a citizen who reported that it had
been supported at a March meeting of the Makiki/Tantalus/Lower
Punchbowl Neighborhood Board, and who also provided written and
oral support for this measure.


 
 
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     This Senate Concurrent Resolution proposes that the DOT
expend additional efforts in attempting to expand the capacity of
the Central H-1 Freeway corridor, explore additional tradeoffs
with the Federal Highway Administration that might allow a
"shoulder lane" during peak traffic hours, identify specific
recommendations from previous studies, and work more closely with
public workshops that may produce a larger universe of options
for expanding highway capacity.

     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. 125,
and recommends its adoption.

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



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair