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limited sight distances and often carries heavy traffic generated by events at the Sheraton. Also, there are number of vehicles pulling boats on trailers turning onto Alii Drive from Kaleiopapa Street. 2. During all hours of the day, but especially at the time of the morning rush hour, there are many people who walk, run or bike along the shoulders of AM Drive. With high volumes of traffic on Alii Drive, the risk that a vehicle on the road may collide with a pedestrian or biker will increase markedly. 3. Speeding on Alii Drive (including drag racing in the wee hours of the morning) is a problem now, but it will increase exponentially with the opening of the Bypass road unless law enforcement efforts are stepped up greatly. We all know, that the Police Department is stretched very thin, and that there is a limit to how much of the Department's attention can be focused on one place. 4. It is inevitable that the traffic signal at the intersection of Alii Drive and the Kamehameha III Road will cause congestion, as do all of the traffic lights on the Queen Ka'humanu Highway. We are bound to have a "Keauhou crawl", either in place of or in addition to the Kainaliu crawl. The Keauhou crawl will make it very difficult to turn on to Alii Drive from Kaleiopapa Street, the Kona Country Club or from a condominium entrance. What is often a challenge now, will become a near impossibility in the future. To address these issues, the Keauhou community has developed a set of proposals that, if put in place, will help mitigate the adverse effects of turning our segment of Alii Drive into a key part of a major arterial highway. These are referenced in Resolution 311 06 and they include: 1. Installation of a traffic light at the intersection of Alii Drive and Kaleiopapa Street. This will greatly aid guests and employees at the Sheraton and other Keauhou Bay establishments in turning safely onto Alii Drive. It will also be of great benefit to Keauhou Bay users who are leaving the Bay pulling boat trailers 2. Construction of a dedicated walking and bike path on the mauka side of AM Drive that will serve to separate pedestrians and bikers from vehicular traffic on the arterial road. 3. Construction of turn in/turn out pocket lanes in front of each entrance on AM Drive, and at Kaluna Street, or construction of a two-way center lane on Alii Drve between the Kamehameha III Road and intersection of Alii Drive with the Hokulia Bypass road. Either approach would greatly enhance the safety of those turning onto Alii Drive while keeping Alii Drive traffic flowing as smoothly as possible. 2