STAND. COM. REP. NO. 469________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1555
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1555 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SALT LAKE
     BOULEVARD WIDENING, OAHU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is for the State to share costs
with the City and County of Honolulu for improving Salt Lake
Boulevard.

     Your Committee finds that the widening of Salt Lake
Boulevard would reduce traffic on bordering freeways and major
arterials, facilitate the movement of traffic to and from the
Honolulu Stadium, and be a convenience for residents living
adjacent to this Boulevard.  Your Committee further finds that
the widening of Salt Lake Boulevard is an ongoing federal-aid
city and county of Honolulu project, but that additional funding
is needed to complete the project.

     This bill proposes to have the State share the cost of
completing the widening of Salt Lake Boulevard by appropriating
the sum of $4,725,000 from general funds for fiscal year 2000.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Department of Design & Construction of the City and County of
Honolulu.


 
 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments to conform to drafting conventions.
       
     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1555, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1555, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Transportation,



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                                   KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair