STAND. COM. REP. NO. 278

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1276

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1276 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Transportation to authorize state and county traffic projects to make changes, as necessary, to traffic flow and mitigation efforts, while prohibiting contractors from charging additional fees for these changes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from three individuals.

Your Committee finds that traffic projects can create traffic gridlock or incidents where it takes longer for emergency service vehicles to respond to emergencies, as well as cause major disruptions to daily commutes. This measure will require the Department of Transportation to allow changes to traffic flow and other mitigation efforts as a means of easing traffic congestion and emergency vehicle delays.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage 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 H.B. No. 1276, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1276, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair