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Nonetheless, the TAR, while addressing the impacts of an 80-lot project, sheds light on the project's impact and is thus included in this report. (Exhibit C). The study, dated May 2020, analyzed the project's impact not only at the intersection of Pakalana Street and the State Highway but also at the intersection of Pakalana Street and Lehua Street. In sum, it concluded upon build-out of a project with as many as 80 lots, the traffic impact at both intersections during the AM and PM peak hours would continue to operate at Level of Service ("LOS") C or better. With the addition of a project with as many as 80 lots, the-existing LOS "A" at the Lehua Street intersection would operate at "B" and "A" during the AM and PM peak hours, respectively. At the Highway, the existing LOS "C" would continue at "C" during the AM and PM peak hours. Per the concurrency provision of the Zoning Code, LOS "A", "B", and "C" are all considered to be "acceptable" levels of service". The study noted further that to "The project access driveway and subdivision roadway intersections on Lehua Street should be situated and designed so as to provide appropriate sight distances on all approaches to the proposed subdivision." That has already been confirmed by the Applicant's engineer in conjunction with the preliminary design of the subdivision. It will again be vetted by the County in conjunction with the subdivision review process. The report further recommended that to address existing conditions, having a "yield" sign erected and restriping to reduce the "skewed angle" of Lehua Road would help. That can be done if required. Because the traffic study concluded that the proposed development is not expected to significantly impact the intersection of Pakalana Street and the Hawai'i Belt Highway, no traffic mitigation was recommended. Given that the proposed project is 50% less than the project for which the TAR was predicated upon, it can be fair to conclude that the assumptions and/or conclusions contained in the report still apply. B. Water Water will be secured from the County water line fronting the subject site. The Applicant in 2017 already constructed and deeded to the Department of Water Supply ("DWS") a waer main extension partway down Lehua Street, adjacent to Village I. The applicant also deeded to DWS in 2016 a 1-acre reservoir site located just east of the subject site to accommodate expansion of the Honoka'a district water system. As a result, the subject site has already secured the required water 24