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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. <br />PUBLIC ACCESS <br />26. Lateral shoreline access would occur through the Coastal Planning Area. Public <br />facilities will include pedestrian shoreline access, parking, restrooms, showers and <br />picnic areas within the 70- acre recreation area. The final comprehensive public access <br />plan shall be developed in consultation with the Planning Director and the Department <br />of Land and Natural Resources and shall include mauka-makai and lateral shoreline <br />accesses, parking area(s), signage, emergency response considerations, restrictions on <br />use (if any), provision of recreational and restroom facilities at appropriate locations, <br />and related improvements. <br />27. Access: 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 MAR) 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 />10 <br />