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Pete Hoffmann, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />Page 9 <br />through the Lokahi Kau subdivision to the Mid-Level Road, and then out to Kaiminani <br />Drive. The constmction of this connector road to Kaiminani Drive has been completed <br />by the applicant. It was a condition of the occupancy of the Seascape 108 unit <br />condominium property on the adjacent parcel. Finally, it is possible for traffic to go <br />mauka from Kakahiaka Street through the mauka portion of the Lokahi Subdivision to <br />Kapuahi Street. This route would typically not be used by traffic going to or from the <br />Queen Kaahumanu Highway, which is expected to be the bulk of the traffic. The roads <br />within the Lokahi subdivision and the portion of the Mid-Level Road have been <br />completed, and the applicant expects to submit them to the county for dedication, but this <br />has not yet happened. <br />By memo dated May 7, 2007, the Department of Public Works (DPW) <br />recommends that "a roadway master plan including roadway alignments and connections, <br />in conjunction with an implementation strategy for the K to K Plan roads be adopted prior <br />to further incremental development in the azea. In the absence of an approved roadway <br />master plan, DPW recommends development plans include extension of and access to <br />Ane Keohokalole Highway (Midlevel Road) by an improved Homestead Road. Access to <br />Ane Keohokalole Highway should be consolidated at Homestead Road which is far <br />enough from the Kaiminani Drive intersection to prevent conflicts with future turn lanes. <br />Under such [a] roadway plan, [the] adjacent Lokahi Subdivision under construction by <br />the applicant should combine access to Midlevel Road by way of Homestead Road, <br />improved to dedicable standards." <br />Kakahiaka Street is a County road which presently serves existing residences in <br />the Kona Palisades subdivision. The existing street through Kona Palisades has an <br />approximate 20-ft. wide pavement within a 50-ft. right-of--way and unpaved shoulders <br />which have been, in some cases, landscaped by abutting landowners. The street was <br />extended to dedicable standazds with curb, gutter and sidewalk through the adjacent <br />Lokahi Makai property to the subject property. The extension is a 50-foot wide street to <br />dedicable standazds with concrete curb, gutter and sidewalk. The DPW recommends <br />"further extension of Kakahiaka Street to the southerly property line of the subject <br />property to dedicable standazds and dedicate all improvements to the County upon <br />request. To improve the level of service for northbound traffic at the Kaiminani Street <br />intersection, a right turn lane should be provided on Kakahiaka Street, meeting with the <br />approval of DPW. To improve bicycle and pedestrian safety, the applicant should <br />improve the existing portion of Kakahiaka Street from Kaiminani Drive to the northerly <br />boundary of the Lokahi Planned Unit Development (approximately 300 feet) with 5-foot <br />wide paved shoulders, meeting with the approval of DPW." <br />Kaiminani Drive serving Kakahiaka Street is a major mauka -makai County <br />roadway connecting Queen Kaahumanu Highway and Mamalahoa Highway. Kaiminani <br />