STAND. COM. REP. NO. SW
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 3 2024
RE: S.R. No. 51
S. D. 1
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.R. No. 51 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO PRIORITIZE REMEDIATION OF THE FLOODING
ISSUES PRESENT ON ROUTE 11 AROUND MILE POST SIXTY AS A SAFETY
PROJECT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the
Department of Transportation to prioritize remediation of the
flooding issues present on Route 11 around Mile Post 60 on Hawaii
Island as a safety project.
Your Committee received no testimony on this measure.
Your Committee finds that Route 11 is a portion of Mamalahoa
Highway that acts as the main artery into the southern tip of
Hawaii Island, and is also the only route that connects the two
main towns of the Kau district. Your Committee further finds that
the closure of this highway due to flooding poses a major safety
issue for the surrounding residents, being their lifeline to
medical services and an emergency evacuation route. Your
Committee concludes that it is critical for the Department of
Transportation to study flood mitigation methods, including but
not limited to flood monitoring systems, raising the highway, and
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installing culverts to prioritize the flooding issues present on
Route 11.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making a
technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity
and consistency.
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.R. No. 51, as amended herein, and recommends its
adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 51, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Transportation and
Culture and the Arts,
CHRIS LEE, Chair
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts
TCA
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
SI
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: ________________________________________________
The Recommendation is:
__ Pass, unamended [_y^Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
LEE, Chris (C)
INOUYE, Lorraine R. (VC)
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C.
KANUHA, Dru Mamo
AWA, Brenton
TOTAL
Recommendation:
UJ^dopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signati3^r><2 A
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 01/09/24