STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3428

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.C.R. No. 242

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 242 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI TO TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TO ADOPT AND ACCEPT JURISDICTION FOR NAHIKU BRIDGE IN THE HANA DISTRICT OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Mayor and Council of the County of Maui to take necessary steps to adopt and accept jurisdiction for Nahiku Bridge in the Hana district of the County of Maui.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.

 

     Your Committees find that the safety of residents of the Hana district of the County of Maui may be at risk because of the condition of Nahiku Bridge.  The ownership of Nahiku Bridge is in dispute.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources defers to the Department of Transportation, which claims that Nahiku Bridge is the responsibility of the County of Maui.  The County of Maui asserts that Nahiku Bridge is part of the old Hana Highway, which the county claims is owned by the State.  The lack of established jurisdictional responsibility has resulted in a corresponding lack of maintenance of Nahiku Bridge.

 

     Your Committees believe that the matter of jurisdictional responsibility for Nahiku Bridge must be resolved to protect the safety and well-being of residents of and visitors to the Hana district.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 242, and recommend its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and International Affairs and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair

 

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair