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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman <br />and Members of the County Council <br />Page 9 <br />survey report (1995), a total of 193 sites, consisting of 660 discrete features, were <br />recorded during the survey. Of these sites, 45 are located outside of the project area. <br />None of the sites identified within the project area are located on the Kaupulehu flow of <br />1800. Of the 193 sites identified, 56 are recommended for no further work. Of the <br />remaining 137 sites, 69 sites are assessed as significant solely for information content <br />and recommended for further data collection. The remaining 68 sites have been <br />recommended for some form of preservation. Forty-four of these sites are <br />recommended for further data collection followed by preservation with interpretive <br />development. Two trail sites which are major trails and two other sites are <br />recommended for preservation with interpretive development. Of the 64 sites <br />recommended for preservation, 38 are wholly within the approximately 37 -acre <br />preserve area designated as Subzone C. Nineteen sites are situated outside the preserve <br />area but within the project area. The remaining 7 sites recommended for preservation <br />are located outside of the project area. An Integrated Resources Management Plan has <br />been submitted with further recommendations. <br />Queen Kaahumanu Highway is the primary arterial highway which connecting <br />Kawaihae and Kailua-Kona. The highway is a two-lane, two-way State Highway. The <br />existing access to the project area from Queen Kaahumanu Highway is via an existing <br />paved roadway which serves the Hualalai and Kona Village Resorts. Roadways within <br />the Project District will be designed to resort standards. A Traffic Impact Analysis <br />Report (TIAR) was conducted by TMC in March 1994. The report recommended the <br />following highway improvements to accommodate the Year 2015: 1) The intersection <br />of Queen Kaahumanu Highway and Kaupulehu Access Road be upgraded to a fully <br />channelized intersection with left turn storage lanes and right turn deceleration lanes on <br />Queen Kaahumanu Highway, in both the northbound and southbound directions; <br />2) Queen Kaahumanu Highway be widened to provide a four -lane, divided highway; <br />3) The intersection of Queen Kaahumanu Highway and Kaupulehu Access Road be <br />signalized, when warranted; and 4) Kaupulehu Access Road and the mauka-makai road <br />provide separate right turn, through, left turn lanes. It should be pointed out that with <br />the opening of the Four Seasons Hotel at Hualalai Resort, the intersection of Queen <br />Kaahumanu Highway and Kaupulehu Access Road has been fully channelized with left <br />turn storage lanes and right turn deceleration lanes on Queen Kaahumanu Highway. <br />The Department of Transportation stated that the applicant shall conduct periodic traffic <br />signal warrant studies when the traffic system is installed. In addition, a Traffic Impact <br />Assessment Report be updated to assess a 2 -lane Queen Kaahumanu Highway and <br />recommend interim measures as may be required. The applicant shall also commit <br />contributing funds for the cost of the interchange as stated in the Queen Kaahumanu <br />Highway Master Plan (1997). <br />