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PC-166 November 17, 1998 recommended for no further work. Of the remaining 137 sites, 69 sites are assessed as significant solely for information content and recommended for further data collection. The remaining 68 sites have been recommended for some form of preservation, and forty-four of these sites are recommended for further data collection followed by preservation with interpretive development. Two major trail sites and two other sites are recommended for preservation with interpretive development. Of the 64 sites recommended for preservation, 38 are wholly within the approximately 37-acre preserve area designated as Subzone C. Nineteen sites are situated outside the preserve area but within the project area. The remaining 7 sites recommended for preservation are located outside of the project area. Lateral shoreline access would occur through the Coastal Planning Area. Public facilities will include pedestrian shoreline access, parking, restrooms, showers and picnic areas within the 70-acre recreation area. The final comprehensive public access plan shall be developed in consultation with the Planning Director and the Department of Land and Natural Resources and shall include mauka-makai and lateral shoreline accesses, parking area(s), signage, emergency response considerations, restrictions on use (if any), provision of recreational and restroom facilities at appropriate locations, and related improvements. Queen Kaahumanu Highway is the primary arterial highway which connects Kawaiahe and Kailua-Kona. The highway is a two-lane, two-way State Highway. The existing access to the project area from Queen Kaahumanu Highway is via an existing paved roadway which serves the Hualalai and Kona Village Resorts. Roadways within the Project District will be designed to resort standards. A Traffic Impact Analysis Report conducted in March 1994 by TMC recommended the following highway improvements to accommodate the Year 2015 I . The intersection of Queen Kaahumanu Highway and Kaupulehu Access Road be upgraded to a fully channelized intersection with left turn storage lanes and right turn deceleration lanes on Queen Kaahumanu Highway, in both the northbound and southbound directions; 2. Queen Kaahumanu Highway be widened to provide afour-lane, divided highway; 3. The intersection of Queen Kaahumanu Highway and Kaupulehu Access Road be signalized, when warranted; and 4. Kaupulehu Access Road and the mauka-makai road provide separate right turn, through, left turn lanes. Water will be provided by three new potable water wells and four non-potable wells. Wastewater disposal will be accommodated by a private wastewater treatment plant. Effluent from the treatment facility will be utilized to supplement non-potable irrigation water at the proposed project's 36 hole golf course. Police protection is provided by the Kealakehe Police Station located approximately 5 miles south of the petition area. Fire protection is provided by the County's Fire Station, Located approximately 15 miles south of the petition area. The State Kona Hospital is located in Kealakekua, approximately 24 miles south of the petition area. The North Hawaii Community Hospital is located in Waimea. Public educational facilities are Kahakai, Konawaena and Kealakehe Schools. In addition, several private schools are located in Kamuela, Kapaau, Holualoa, and Honaunau. Page 6