Hawaii Department of Transportation

The meeting focused on various land matters related to airports and harbors. Airport items included the issuance of a direct lease for a VIP airline lounge at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, along with several revocable permits for parking, construction staging areas, office spaces, and storage for aircraft. Harbor agenda items involved authorizing a 10-year lease for fuel pipelines at Kahului Harbor, amending a prior land submittal for maintenance shop and office space permits at Kalaeloa Barbers Point Harbor, and granting revocable permits for container storage at Honolulu Harbor.

This 2025-2029 Strategic Highway Safety Plan for Hawaii is designed to eliminate highway fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads across the State. The plan establishes guidance for highway safety decisions, improvements, priorities, and funding. It adopts a comprehensive Safe System Approach, which includes five core elements: Safe Road Users, Safe Roads, Safe Vehicles, Safe Speeds, and Post-Crash Care, supported by Program Management. The development and update process utilized a data-driven methodology and extensive collaboration with traffic safety stakeholders, aiming to achieve a vision of zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries.

The meeting focused on various airport and harbor property management action items, including the issuance of several revocable permits. Airport-related items involved office space, passenger check-in counters, material storage, aircraft parking, mobile fuel trailer parking, and ground service equipment storage across multiple international airports. Harbor-related items included requests for authorization to issue revocable permits for pilot boat storage at Kauai High Harbor and for office space, passenger screening, and storage space at Kahului Harbor.

The meeting focused on the approval of funding for the Hawaii Department of Transportation to support the Safe Routes to School program coordinator and staff expenses. Key discussions involved the conditions for fund dispersal, specifically addressing the inclusion of both labor and non-labor costs and the flexibility of the $500,000 budget allocation over a five-year period. The committee also touched upon upcoming agenda items, including state legislative bills impacting the program and a presentation on best practices for crossing guard initiatives.

The committee meeting covered a review of the draft annual report for the legislature, including a discussion on project pipeline lists and cost estimates. A presentation regarding a carpooling program for the Department of Education was delivered. New business items included an update on the RFQ process for the school program and discussions on staff funding requests. The committee also debated and approved a procedural change regarding the central services charge for special funds, moving toward an ongoing approval process rather than annual individual votes.