STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3916

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.C.R. No. 62

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

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. 62, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO INSTALL SPEED BUMPS AND SPEED LIMIT SIGNAGE ON THE PORTION OF KAPOLEI PARKWAY BETWEEN KAPOLEI HIGH SCHOOL AND KAPOLEI MIDDLE SCHOOL,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Department of Transportation and City and County of Honolulu to install speed bumps and speed limit signage along the portion of Kapolei Parkway between Kapolei High School and Kapolei Middle School.

Your Committees received no testimony for this measure.

Your Committees find that in Kapolei, speeding is a constant contributing factor in motor vehicle accidents and traffic fatalities. Your Committees further find that speed bumps and speed limit signage can be effective tools to slow down motor vehicle traffic and prevent collisions. Your Committees conclude that installing speed bumps and speed limit signage along Kapolei Parkway would help to reduce the number of speeding vehicles on the roadway and protect the residents of Kapolei. However, your Committees find that, in the aftermath of the August 2023 Maui wildfires, ensuring access to evacuation routes for residential areas is a more pressing concern.

Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting its contents and inserting the contents of S.C.R. No. 110, a measure that requests the City and County of Honolulu to transfer to the State the City and County of Honolulu's authority to construct a Makakilo Drive extension; and

(2) Amending its title to reflect its amended purpose.

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. 62, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 62, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

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