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very difficult if not impossible. In addition, the Association would have to acquire the park and then obtain a 75% approval vote to do this in any case, a situation which is questionable. 4) Joel Gimpel (Kona Traffic Safety Committee) says MG access is insufficient, and that the shared access lane from Malulani Drive to Henry Street is dangerous. Also notes that Queen Kaahumanu Highway is a limited access roadway. According to State, County and private engineers, Malulani drive is sufficient for W. the planned purpose of the project. The State DOT is widening Queen Kaahumanu Highway to add another north-bound lane from Malulani Drive to r. Henry Street as part of the on-going Phase I of Queen Kaahumanu Highway widening project, which should alleviate the condition Joel is concerned about. It is true that Queen Kaahumanu Highway is a limited access highway, and the r, State DOT has always planned on the ROW which is known as Malulani Drive being the access for all of these parcels of land (Malulani Gardens; Lowes etc.; Kanuha ohana land; and Kona Coffee Estates land). This is the reason that the lower portion of Malulani drive was built to County collector road standards with four lanes, and why a lighted intersection has been approved there by the State and County. 5) Cheryl King concerned that the northbound traffic congestion on Queen Kaahumanu Highway starts in the area of Malulani Drive. The State DOT's addition of another northbound lane is designed to help alleviate this congestion in this area. 6) Jake Jacobs (Kalaoa resident) says the project will add traffic. SCD intends to minimize additional traffic affects for the general area by focusing on existing residents as buyers of the project, so as not to bring in new residents. This project will increase traffic on Malulani Drive. 7) Jim and Virginia Cochran (MG residents) state that KCE should obtain access from Palani Road, away from the Queen Kaahumanu Highway congestion. While SCD supports the Palani access, making that a main access is probably not realistic as the majority of users will be coming from Queen Kaahumanu Highway and are not likely to drive up and around to a Palani access unless they are coming down Palani already. In addition, Palani Road is a two lane road that will have some issues to deal with in being able to handle the additional traffic w- anticipated in any case. The best scenario is that the intersection to Palani crosses Palani to another mid-level road heading north towards the high school. In any case, SCD can not build a road across Rapoza's land, which is between KCE and QLT's land fronting Palani Road. 8) Gust Koutroupas (MG resident) wants to add an additional ingress and egress to _ KCE, and wants KCE to access upper Palani Road. The planned mid-level road ' and the Hienaloli extension will provide an additional ingress and egress to KCE eventually. See #7 above as to the Palani Road connection matter. 9) Walter Hoffinan (MG resident) wants no intrusion of traffic into Malulani " Gardens' gated, private roads. He wants the traffic to go to Palani Road with no use of Malulani Drive. SCD does not anticipate any additional traffic intruding into Malulani Garden's private road, although they will have to place two " additional gates on their private road once the mid-level road is connected, as is required under the County's approval of Malulani Gardens development. The