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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 8 connections, meeting the approval of the Department of Public Works. A Solid Waste Management Plan shall also be prepared, meeting with the approval of the Department of Public Works. Traffic signalization improvements at the intersection of Kekuanaoa Street and Manono Street were completed in September 1995, with left turn lanes from Kekuanaoa to Manono Street. In conjunction with the signalization improvements, Kekuanaoa Street has been fully improved to 48-foot wide pavement with 6-foot wide concrete sidewalks, between Mililani Street and Hinano Street. Kekuanaoa Street serves as a main roadway from the Hilo airport to Kilauea Avenue. Existing accesses to the subject area are Hinano Street and Laukapu Street, which have a 40-foot wide right-of-way with 16-foot wide pavements and gravel/grassed shoulders. These streets were resurfaced in 1993 subsequent to the installation of the municipal sewer lines. No sidewalks have been constructed within the Hinano and Laukapu Street rights-of-way. According to the City of Hilo Zone Map, Hinano and Laukapu Streets are identified as collector streets and therefore, are proposed to be increased to 50-foot rights-of-way. As the primary access will be from Hinano Street, it would be recommended that the 5-foot wide future road widening along the entire street frontage of Hinano Street be improved and dedicated to the County of Hawaii. The Department of Public Works recommends that Hinano Street be improved to a minimum 20-foot wide pavement at a length of 400 feet from Kekuanaoa Street and with shoulder and drainage improvements. The primary vehicular route to the subject area is expected to be via Kekuanaoa Street and Hinano Street. According to the Traffic Impact Analysis Report (June, 1996), prepared by M&E Pacific, Inc. for Big Island Candies, Inc., the proposed development is not expected to have an adverse traffic impact. The report concluded that the studied intersections at Kekuanaoa-Hinano Streets and Kekuanaoa-Manono Streets have sufficient capacity to accommodate the additional traffic which would be generated by the proposed development. Therefore, the report further concluded that additional traffic mitigating measures will not be required. The conclusion was also based on that the tour buses will be asked to access the subject property from the south end of Hinano Street via Kekuanaoa Street rather than from the north end of Hinano Street via Piilani Street. The Department of Public Works, however, expressed concerns relating to the turning radius at the intersection of Kekuanaoa Street and Hinano Street. The Department of Public Works recommends that improvements to said intersection be made in order that the turning movement for buses be sufficient. Accordingly, Big Island Candies, Inc. intends to make improvements within the existing right-of-way to accommodate the turning movements. Big Island Candies, Inc.