STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3963

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.C.R. No. 49

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Government Operations, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 49 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO CONDUCT A SIDEWALK FEASIBILITY STUDY ALONG KALIHI STREET FROM KAMANAIKI STREET TO KALIHI VALLEY PARK,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the City and County of Honolulu to conduct a sidewalk feasibility study between Kamanaiki Street and Kalihi Valley Park to address major concerns and deficiencies along Kalihi Street.

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

Your Committees find that Kalihi Valley is an older community that was largely built before modern standards for road construction were developed. Your Committees further find that the upper portion of Kalihi Street, the main artery through Kalihi Valley, has no sidewalks at all resulting in many dangerous locations along the street, particularly for the disabled and kupuna, who are unable to traverse certain places along the street without walking onto the street itself. Your Committees conclude that it is necessary to study the feasibility of placing sidewalks along this vital roadway to ensure the safety of Kalihi Valley residents.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 49, and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Government Operations,

________________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair

________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair