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ANALYSIS The General Plan is a policy document of the long-range comprehensive development of the Island of Hawaii. It provides alternatives and options for the balanced growth of the County and for the coordinated expenditure of public funds for capital improvement projects. As a policy document, it expresses the goals for the present and future community from an islandwide basis. The document includes goals, policies, standards and courses of action covering a range of county and community concerns, including economics, environmental, social, land use and the coordination of governmental facilities and services. Transportation is the systems and modes of conveyance of people and goods from place to place. It can be considered the major infrastructural element of an area. The purpose of transportation planning is to provide faster, safer and more efficient travel. As transportation systems are expensive to construct and maintain, great care and foresight are needed in developing plans for them. The overall Transportation goals, policies and standards are set forth to physically plan the circulation in the County in the best interest of the island's residents. The reasons to support [he deletion of the proposed northern Komohana Street 80-foot right-of-way alignment from its intersection at Waianuenue Avenue toward and across the Wailuku River would not conflict with the following goals, policies and standards of the General Plan's Transportation Element: * Provide a transportation system whereby people and goods can move efficiently, safely, comfortably and economically. * Provide a system of thoroughfares and streets for the safe, efficient and comfortable movement of people and goods between and within the various sections of the County. * The County shall coordinate with appropriate Federal and State agencies for the funding of transportation projects for areas of anticipated growth. * Transportation and drainage systems shall be integrated where feasible. -10-