STAND. COM. REP. NO.  301

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1605

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1605 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAFFIC CONTROL,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to enhance traffic flow on the island of Maui by appropriating funds for the design of a Maui traffic control center.

 

     Lahaina Bypass Now testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Transportation did not support this measure.

 

     Traffic congestion continues to be a problem for the people of Maui.  The establishment of a traffic control center on the island of Maui would help to maximize traffic flow and alleviate traffic congestion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1605 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JOSEPH M. SOUKI, Chair