STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2131

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2022

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2022 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A GRANT-IN-AID TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WAIPAHU STREET, OAHU,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds as a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu for expenditures for the design and construction of a sidewalk on the north side of Waipahu Street from Waipahu Depot Road to Awamoi Street and from Amokii Street to Waikele Road.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Honolulu Department of Design and Construction.

 

     Pedestrian safety is important to the health and well-being of the community.  The north side of Waipahu Street, specifically from Waipahu Depot Road to Awamoi Street and from Amokii Street to Waikele Road on Oahu, is heavily used by children, adults, and motor vehicles.  However, a significant hazard exists for pedestrians because in this area there are no sidewalks; and where sidewalks do exist, they are broken, unsafe, and in desperate need of repair.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2022 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 Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

 

 

 

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair