STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1055

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 925

H.D. 2

 

 

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 H.B. No. 925, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF BUILDING A MOTOR VEHICLE AND RAILWAY TUNNEL UNDER HONOLULU HARBOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation to study the feasibility of building a motor vehicle and railway tunnel under Honolulu Harbor.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, a State House Representative, and four individuals. Comments were received from Life of the Land.

Traffic continues to be one of the most pressing problems confronting our State. Although the size of our population and the number of cars, trucks, and other vehicles continue to grow, the space available to accommodate their movement remains unchanged. As a result, a renewed effort must be made to identify means of improving traffic flow and other methods of moving people and goods. The demands placed on our transportation infrastructure have only increased, and the need for an alternative such as a tunnel has grown as well. This measure is a preliminary step in that direction.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 925, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair