STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1585

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.C.R. No. 98

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Transportation, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 98 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO INVESTIGATE AND ASSESS SAFETY CONCERNS AND POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR QUEEN KAAHUMANU HIGHWAY FROM MAKALA BOULEVARD TO HENRY STREET ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Transportation to convene a working group to investigate and assess safety concerns and potential improvements for Queen Kaahumanu Highway between Makala Boulevard and Henry Street on the Island of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation.

 

     Your Committee finds that in 2009, the Department of Transportation began the widening of Queen Kaahumanu Highway on the Island of Hawaii and added a bicycle lane to north- and south-bound lanes.  The south-bound bicycle lane proved to be a safety concern, as it was located between two lanes of fast-moving traffic.  In December 2014, a restriping project commenced along Queen Kaahumanu Highway south of the Makala Boulevard intersection to address safety concerns, however there are still significant concerns for public safety at the intersection even after restriping and numerous complaints from the community.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 98, and recommends its adoption.

 

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

 

 

 

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair