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Mary Ann Todd-Waller RE: Resolution 84-OS <br /> <br /> Corrected 6/1/05 Testimony <br /> 3. Bruce McClure mistakenly indicated the connectors would relieve traffic on Queen Kaahumanu <br /> Highway. I'm certain he meant to say Mamalahoa Highway, because there will be no relief to <br /> Queen Kaahumanu, only a quicker route to get there. <br /> 4. Mr. Pilago said the all the connectors dump onto Kaiminani so he gets the cumulative effect of all <br /> this traffic passing right in front of his house. Some of the council misunderstood this to mean <br /> that Mr. Pilago was going to be in the middle of this increased traffic. Mr. Pilago's home is <br /> located below the makai most Holoholo connector and therefore he will not experience any more <br /> traffic that he does now. <br /> 5. Another council member spoke of these connectors putting less traffic on the arterials. "These <br /> connector roads will relieve some of the traffic on the steeper upper portion of Kaiminani Drive <br /> during the morning and evening rush hours and relieve approximately ahalf--mile of grid-lock on <br /> Mamalahoa Highway, however the traflic will still be dumping onto Kaiminani to get to Queen <br /> Kaahumanu Highway; the ultimate destination of most of the motorists using the connectors in <br /> the morning, and will do nothing to relieve traflic on the killer Queen Kaahumanu Highway. <br /> 6. Marni Herkes testified that the Kona Traffic Safety Committee approved all 4 connectors, there <br /> were over a 100 people at the meeting, you will never have a connector road that you will not <br /> have opposition too, and nobody that lives on a connector wants it open. I suggest the council <br /> contact the committee to verify the following items a, b, c and d, especially since some council <br /> members' votes are heavily inFluenced by the local traffic committee's recommendations. <br /> a. The meeting took place on February 24, 2004 and only 3 connectors were discussed at the <br /> meeting. The County is now considering 5 connectors of which 1 is already open. <br /> b. 'T'here were approximately 50 people present at the meeting. (Joel Gimpel recalls between 40 <br /> and 60 J <br /> c. There was never a letter written to the council nor was one planned because Bruce McClure <br /> was at the meeting and it was assumed he absorbed it all. <br /> Page 2 of 4 <br /> <br />