STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1038-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2663

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred S.B. No. 2663 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to preserve the heritage of Hawaii's rural communities by applying the law on flexibility in highway design to the Koolau Loa coastal highway from Kaaawa to Waimea on the island of Oahu.

Your Committee finds that flexible highway design guidelines for road and bridge projects allow for the implementation of needed highway improvements while addressing and balancing appropriate financial, political, social, and economic policy concerns, including safety; cost-effectiveness; aesthetics; and environmental and cultural preservation. The Koolau Loa coastal highway is a scenic and unique highway with spectacular natural views and characteristics that warrant its inclusion in the flexible highway design process.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2007, to promote further discussion.

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 S.B. No. 2663, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2663, H.D. 1, 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