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n n <br /> <br /> BENJAMIN J CAVETANO u ~ h, ~ tNro 7~~ <br /> (KHEA~K%I 4~ • • 1i <br /> • r? <br /> I-' ~ 1959 ' 2000• <br /> STATE OF HAWAII a rI <br /> DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATI~1 I ~ ~ I ~ ~ 2 ~ .~KAZU HAYASHIDA <br /> BBB PUNCHBOWL 6TREET WnetiOn <br /> HONOLULU, HAWAII BBB13-5087 uaECrOnS <br /> 'I BRIAN K MINMI <br /> GLENN M OKIMOTO <br /> I 200 <br /> IN gEPLY REFER TO <br /> HWY-PS <br /> 2.9582 <br /> Mr. Alan M. Okamoto <br /> Nakamoto, Okamoto and Yamamoto <br /> Attorneys at Law, A Law Corporation <br /> 187 Kapiolani Street <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Deaz Mr Okamoto: <br /> Subject: Redesign of Intersection at Keaeu Bypass and Highway 11 <br /> This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Apn120, 2000, transmitting an 'Assessment <br /> ojthe Traffic Impact Analysis Report (77AR) en County Environmental Report Submitted by W. <br /> H Shipman Limited to Hawaii County ojSeptember 27, 1997 (sic)", dated April 15, 2000, by <br /> Panos D. Prevedouros, Ph.D. T}us assessment was prepared on behalf of your client, Ulupono <br /> Center, LLC, which is developing land southeast of the Keaau Bypass -Volcano Highway <br /> (I-IWY-11) intersection <br /> We appreciate your interest m this matter and acknowledge the importance of fully understanding <br /> the impacts of a proposed development on the State's transportation network In tins regard, we <br /> have reviewed the assessment and its findings and conclusions It is our understanding that the <br /> key cnticisms razsed with respect to the Shipman TIAR are as follows: <br /> 1. Traffic volumes on Volcano Highway and Keaau Bypass. <br /> 2 Basis of calculation of Level of Service (LOS) for yeaz 2008. <br /> 3 The appropnate growth factor for background trafTic <br /> 4 That three nearby intersections should be investigated in addition to the Volcano <br /> Highway-Keaau Bypass-Road A intersection <br /> Since the submittal of the Shipman TIAR ,there have a number of cntical actions that atTected <br /> the TIAR. These include the approval of the Kamehameha Schools campus in the Keaau azea, <br /> south of the proposed Keaau Gateway Project on Volcano Highway, the opening of the Keaau <br /> Bypass and the adoption of a new Highway Capacity Analysis Methodology <br /> Gomm. No. ~ • <br /> Ftile No. <br /> Ret.lbt P~ <br /> Ref. Date' 1 7 1000. , <br /> <br />