STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2650

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3242

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 Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3242 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Require departments or county agencies responsible for roads, highways, or similar infrastructure to evaluate high risk or dangerous corridors or intersections and plan strategies for mitigation; and

(2) Provide that an engineering study is not required to be considered if the Department of Transportation decreases maximum speed limits within one mile of a school.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation and one individual.

Your Committees find that the State has experienced significant fatalities and serious injuries on highways and roads. Numerous crashes have occurred near schools and in intersections where fatalities and injuries regularly occur. However, safety improvements may be delayed despite identification as a dangerous area. This measure will create safer roadways for all users while streamlining government processes to improve roadway safety.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3242 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair

________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair