STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1446

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 38

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.R. No. 38 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO EVALUATE CERTAIN AIEA ROADWAYS AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Transportation to evaluate certain Aiea roadways and identify opportunities for improvement of traffic conditions and pedestrian safety.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation.

Your Committee finds that drivers who perform dangerous maneuvers such as illegal U-turns endanger oncoming traffic and pedestrian safety. Certain intersections such as Moanalua Road and Kaimakani Street in Aiea, Oahu, experience a high frequency of U-turns that may create hazardous road conditions. This measure requests the Department of Transportation to evaluate certain roadways in Aiea to create safer traffic conditions for all roadway users.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 38 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair