Report on the State of Physical Infrastructure in Hawaii

and the City and County of Honolulu Department of TransportationServices will be responsible for expending $3.4 billion and $3.6 billionfor infrastructure cost, respectively. The Department of Education andUniversity of Hawaii System, which provide for the educational needs ofthe state, account for nearly $2.0 billion of infrastructure costs, followedby $1.4 billion from the City and County of Honolulu’s Department ofEnvironmental Services, which is responsible for solid waste, sewer andwaste water treatment facilities.X. A Final NoteThe report is a good start to creating a uniform methodof reportingObtaining data from 20 governmental agencies was extremelytime-consuming and difficult. Our project team would like to pay specialthanks to the department heads and staff who poured over significantamounts of data to obtain information required for this first statewidereport on physical infrastructure. While HIPA requested informationin certain formats, the various agencies do not necessarily report theirdata in those forms. Furthermore, it was revealed that some agenciesdo not have specific budgetary projections that go beyond the currentbiennium. Nonetheless, we reported only what was submitted in orderto avoid making assumptions about missing data, particularly O&Mand expenditures in the later years.We believe that proper and regular reporting of Hawaii’s physicalinfrastructure is an important activity that benefits the public. Withoutaccurate data and information, policy-makers are unable to understandthe impact and requirements needed to maintain and improve oneof Hawaii’s most important and costly governmental functions.Furthermore, without accurate data, long-range planning is impaired.Periodic updates to this report are therefore strongly recommended. Thisreport is a good start to creating a uniform method of reporting whichcan be used in future years and studies.27