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Puainako Street configuration would essentially be to allow a left -turn so you'd be travelling
<br />from Kilauea towards Kanoelehua, and be able to turn left into the site at that point with the
<br />right -turn, right -out configuration that is currently proposed. That goes away, and then there is
<br />actually sort of a formalized merge lane for the KTA traffic.
<br />So, that's, that's really the only fundamental difference. I know we talked a lot about the
<br />multiple versions of the TIAR, but that's really it. So, it's a very simple striping difference. It's
<br />either right -in, right -out or would allow a left turn into the AutoZone site. So, with that, I'd be
<br />happy to answer any questions anybody has.
<br />LIM: Maybe, Sohrab, could you describe to the Commission the actual traffic impact from this
<br />relatively modest project and the mitigation conditions?
<br />RASHID: Yeah, I'd be happy to. So, so the project is estimated to generate about 574 daily
<br />peak hour trips, so spread out over the course of the day, which really more kind of important is
<br />the peak hour trip numbers. And, so in the morning, it's on the order of about 20 peak hour trips,
<br />and that's sort of combined inbound and outbound. I believe it's 15 in and 5 out. And, then in
<br />the afternoon peak hour, which tends to be a little bit more congested at that location, we were
<br />talking about 56 peak hour trips, and it's about evenly split. So, between the two driveways,
<br />you're going to see on the order again of about 10 to 11 trips. So, and just to put it in perspective
<br />because sometimes we talk about traffic and -56 might sound like a big number to somebody,
<br />but it's an average of about one vehicle a minute total. So, if you just imagine standing there,
<br />there's a vehicle. About a minute later, there's another vehicle. Now we know it doesn't happen
<br />exactly that way, but just to give you the perspective. That's kind of the traffic we're talking
<br />about. So, as to Steve's point, it is fairly modest in terms of trip generation.
<br />LIM: And, so the mitigation measures regarding the striping and additional turn lane onto
<br />Kekela, does or going to make the traffic conditions better in the area?
<br />RASHID: Yeah, and the reason we suggested mitigation, it was really two -fold. One is to better
<br />delineate the left turns and the through movements to KTA from the neighborhood as well as
<br />traffic from the project site, and then providing that separate right, really just better sort of
<br />designates to the driver where to be. If somebody who is turning left has kind of drifted over a
<br />little bit, it prevents somebody from turning right which affects again both project traffic as well
<br />as the neighborhood traffic. And, there's a lot obviously that doesn't go into the TIAR, but we
<br />worked very diligently with DOT to try and come up with a potential solution, and I know the
<br />last time this project was considered back in the 2008 timeframe, there was a lot of discussion
<br />about how to improve it. It's just a very challenging situation because of the proximity of the
<br />signals in that area, and we think the proposed improvements here on Kekela Street as well as
<br />what's proposed at the Puainako access for the project is basically, we've done everything we
<br />can to sort of mitigate the traffic impacts.
<br />CHASTAIN: Hey, goodI'm not excellent with a microphone, so good morning to each of
<br />you, and thank you for your time this morning. I work at AutoZone. I've been there for over 25
<br />years, about 15 years in store development. First, I'd like to publicly praise Clarice and Brian
<br />Shiroma and their mother. We met a little over three years ago. We as a company decided five
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