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<br /> 05/24/2004 12:21 FAX 808941695 Tom &Gordana Leonard r~001/001 <br /> ~i_ <br /> Tom and Gordana Leonard 2004 ~1flY 2'j Pfd 12 23 <br /> 75-5784 Nele Place <br /> Kailua-Kona HI 96740 t,. , <br /> COi_~iv ~ ~ ,r,, <br /> May 24, 2004 <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> Attn: Councilman James Arakaki, Councilman Curtis Tyler <br /> FAX 808-9fi1-8912 <br /> Reference: Bill #198 and #199 <br /> Aloha! <br /> As residents of Kona Heights we use Nanl Kailua. The increase in traffic, <br /> especially in the number of vehicles which exceed the 25 mile an hour speed <br /> limit, continues to cause concern. While the recently installed 4-way stop at <br /> Kakalina assures reduced speed at that point, many drive fast to and away from <br /> that intersection thereby endangering walkers, children and pets, while at the <br /> same time increasing noise levels for homeowners. We believe that developing <br /> Hienaloli (Old Railroad) Road to Hualalai Road would exponentially increase <br /> Nani Kailua traffic, making it THE preferred thoroughfare for Holualoa residents <br /> going to town, airport or simply north, as well as for the residents of the Ojai and <br /> other developments on Hienaloli Road itself. While the Nani Kona Aina project <br /> would in its own right damage the quality of life of our neighborhood and make <br /> Nani Kailua even more dangerous, the Hienaloli Road development could be <br /> disasterous. <br /> We believe that this project, as so many proposed for Kailua-Kona, could be a <br /> blight rather than a benefit. It should be put on a back burner until the radical, <br /> grave problems of roads, thoroughfares, intersections and overall infrastructure <br /> of and in Kona are carefully studied, addressed and implemented with wisdom <br /> ar±d foresight in aholistic-planning manner. We almost daily experience the toll <br /> of hasty, tax-revenue or other $ motivated development, and at this late stage of <br /> the game ft is essential to stop pushing our town to ruin! <br /> Thank yvu for taking our view into consideration. <br /> Me ke aloha pumehana, <br /> Tom and Gordana Leonard <br /> Comm. No. 3 D •3 <br /> Ref. To: <br /> Ref. Uate <br /> <br />