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This Concurrent Resolution urges the Department of Transportation to provide more local funding to Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), which are regional bodies responsible for transportation planning and are crucial for securing federal infrastructure funds. The resolution highlights the significant financial opportunity presented by the Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, a recent federal law aimed at improving national infrastructure, and acknowledges that MPOs often require additional resources to apply for and manage the new federal grants and programs. It also specifically requests the Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization to provide annual updates to the legislature on how its projects align with the state's transportation goals, recognizing that Hawaii's MPOs have historically been understaffed, potentially leading to missed federal funding opportunities.