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<br /> 'idB6121°f`f~l~ T~STlI1~~aVY ~ dills 29, 0, 31, 32 <br /> prepared by: =..J ci~i,;' ~ ; ~:~~i ~ <br /> Robert Ward ` <br /> <br /> ~~-652 Ho'olaupa'i St '~i.:. <br /> Kailua Kona, ~QI 960 <br /> I am grateful for the opport nity to share my concerns related to the <br /> direct impact and indirect effects hat the proposed developments will have <br /> on traffic safety a~sd ~onges~ion. I Dope that the Plan-Wing Committee and <br /> County Council wiiQ consider then issues. <br /> Highway I~n~a~ts phis proposal's presumption of minimal impacts is <br /> premare, LS~~ has>programs~ed a minimum of $43miBlion for <br /> irnprovemea~ts to this segment of he highway (between Henry Stand King <br /> Karneh;~naeha li!) through its pavi g program and phase III of the capacity <br /> improvements for this Lit~ited ~c ess l-lighway. yllith®t~t ®®i"'s design, the <br /> real i€~-pacts can not be dete€~rnined. ~~CC~~I~I]~,7'I®l~I: C~~~R <br /> ~I~P~£~~,~L !~l'~fiiL I~~T S`T~;SLI I°°!~S QiQGH~Y CieSIGN. <br /> I~ronta~~ Ir2oa~ phis feature is usully a positive attri-bate to minimize <br /> conger#ion. ~s prop~ssed, it will o ly serve to funnel traffic generated by <br /> <br /> the development on #o the h~ghwa~. ~'he current design will not provide any <br /> relief for existing traffic. QCC~~1~~3°I~1~: ImX~~C ~R®IVT'AC~~ ~®AC <br /> l'~aAl'~I I~Aile.U~ ~l~C LA O S~`~~~T'. <br /> Intersection the location of the pr posed access to Igualani estates and <br /> Q~ualani Village will compromises fety and exacerbate the traffic flow and <br /> on Queen Ka'ahurnanu 3~~ghway. he position near the bottom of the <br /> existing grad-sent wii~ reclu-ire soot iaound vehicles to brake while traveling <br /> downhilQ. 1'i~is placement is ill adv sed un-der the best conditions. <br /> Q~orth~s~~nd vehicles will have to ccelerate up the gradient, which will <br /> 'further ira~ped~ traffic fl®w. ~"he c~-rent intersection has no operating <br /> signal, which permits maximum eak flow. four-way signaled <br /> intersection cold reduce this co dition as much as 50 percent. (phis <br /> would be roughly twice as much s a three-way signaled intersection.) <br /> ~~CCQIF~~TIC~I'~> iE3~' ~L~~ ~~~~N[3~C 6t~T~~S~CT'I®N <br /> CIR~CTLY i~~ I~~~L~,l~i 4~It.LA, C~~l~~I~. <br /> pedest€~ians 1°he safety of pedestr ans that might cross Queen Ka'ahumanu <br /> Qiighw~y has dot been ade~~ately addressed. Q~~CCC9~ElI~IV®~TI®!~: <br /> ~~~VtC Q~~~S~l~~~l~ ~lIm~f~ SS PkJALA,NI ~ST~T~S AIVC <br /> ~IJ~L,,l VILI-Af~~ CIV`l°ff~. <br /> <br />