STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1046

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.C.R. No. 48

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 48 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OAHU METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF AN ALTERNATE ROUTE OF INGRESS TO AND EGRESS FROM MILILANI MAUKA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization (OMPO) to study the feasibility of an alternate route of ingress and egress from Mililani Mauka.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation. Comments on this measure were received from the OMPO.

Mililani Mauka is served by a single route of ingress and egress, which results in traffic congestion during peak hours that will only worsen as its population grows. The single route of ingress and egress leaves residents without an alternate route in times of emergency. Residents of the area are increasingly confronted with problems of speeding, unsafe driving, and threats to pedestrian safety. The possibility of constructing an alternate route has not been addressed by the OMPO and, therefore, has not been included within the Oahu Regional Transportation Plan. Your Committee finds that it is appropriate to have the OMPO study these issues as they relate to Mililani Mauka.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 48 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Government Operations,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair