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3. FROM PAHOA. The Pahoa By-Pass intersection requested by Shipman is an effort to capture this trafic. These recommendations would initially allow traffic from Pahoa to erHer and exit through the proposed Shipman development through the Pahoa By-Pans interaection. However, these recommendations also call r hrpman to install traffic lights at Shipman Industrial Park to allow those on the Pahoa By-Pass to also safely enter Shipman Industrial Park and the shopping center through the connector road Recommendations will allow Shipman to develop the entire large area mauka of Volcano Highway in an orderly manner as allowed by economic conditions The recommendations provide temporary relief and will give Shipman improved temporary economic feasibility to establish customer loyalty for their development However. all efforts must be made to preserve the original traffic benefts of the Pahoa By-Pass. Shipman's proposal is both opporturnstic and insidious By installing a Pahoa By-Pass intersection, it limits the potential of the BY-Pass Road By funneling more and more traffic through that intersection, d wil! greatly slow all traffic in the entire distnct It will negate the long-term ben8fds and rationale for the Pahoa By-Pass Road While this clearly has economic benefits for Shipman, the benefds are derived from callously arcumventing all past planning They should not be allowed to do so. Shipman's efforts are aimed at attracting Pahoa traffic It is ironic that in attempting to do so, that they successfully scuttle an outstanding solution that speeds Pahoa traffic Those in the entire region and especially those in Pahoa should vehemently oppose a permanent intersection at the Pahoa By-Pass Roadl Sincerely, ~~,Q David W Fukumoto~nt Fuku-Bonsailnc cc Harry Kim, mayor Andrew Levin, mayoral assistant