STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3514

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 99

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 99 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION REGARDING THE SAFETY OF THE BRIDGES ALONG HANA HIGHWAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the United States Department of Transportation to conduct an investigation into the safety of the bridges along the Hana Highway.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one member of the Maui County Council.

Your Committee finds that Hana Highway is one of the most congested routes in the State, with recent estimates between one thousand five hundred and two thousand rental cars and up to one hundred multi-passenger tour vehicles on the route every day. Your Committee further finds that the popularity among tourists brings problems such as interfering with resident's ingress and egress, harmful interactions with marine life, trespassing on off-limits locations, and illegal parking in an unsafe manner. Your Committee concludes that it is therefore critical to investigate the safety of the bridges along Hana Highway.

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.C.R. No. 99 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