2. Infrastructure Planning.2019 Draft General Plan Public Comments

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County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments on Infrastructure Planning Comment Source Date • Stronger control over how golf courses and resorts maintain landscape,their chemicals are Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 killing the reef • Waikoloa Rd and Paniolo intersection is clumsy o The roundabout... Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o The look is confusing.Tourists stopping • Traffic to and from Kawaihae must have a bypass road around Waimea.Will increase safety, manage congestion,resident's quality of life Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Actions 2.74,2.75,3.78--to implement these actions • How can we get old govt roads opened up around the island and taken out of the hands of private landowners? Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o(New voice)What is the corp counsel stance? • Old Government Road refer to Kingdom Roads,can Hawaiians reclaim it back for the kingdom of Hawaiian Homes and open access? Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o(New voice)What is the corp counsel stance? • Driver cooperation and police fining drivers for speeding o No ticketing on private roads--concern Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Lowering speed limit won't help(placemaking?) • Light on the road in crosswalks Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Other visibility measures • Change HI law to ensure pedestrian has completed crossing before vehicle can enter Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Cameras on high crash intersections Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Send tickets based on camera evidence • A lot of places unsafe to walk.Many places unsafe and overgrown making difficult.Need more sidewalk and pedestrian facility.Need ADA accessible Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Sidewalk ramps for stroller/wheelchair are needed in Hilo Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • (2 people)Many dogs not on leashes--got attacked by a dog walking in Hilo Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Electronic and special recycling--greater access Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • As disabled vet,not enough walking facilities for pedestrians.Unpaved shoulders not good enough,Haihai(lower)too small Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o(new voice)need focus group • (2 people)Hours at Volcano transfer station.People need daily access Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • No transfer station or rubbish dump in Pana'ewa Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • (2 people)18 rail at all possible?It is one of the more sustainable means of transportation and would be good for tourists to tour island Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Need more consistent messaging through Nixle/twitter about traffic conditions or road Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 closures Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Not all wastewater systems are operating at full efficiency.The plant needs to have a set date to come to full efficiency.Must create an enforceable schedules Last mile of Ali'i Drive(Kailua-Kona)needs a sewer line installed.Connect to KIC plant in lieu of Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 County pumping station Sewage system--change in coastal areas Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Kealakehe wastewater treatment plant--needs to be pumped out or fill with microbes(like EM) 'effective microbes.'Expand capacity for 40,000 additional residential and commercial water units Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 and or build plant farther North(Kona) County needs to take charge and build Ali'i Highway as 2 lane Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 We should be putting infrastructure in when other projects are being done like road widening even if it can't connect to the system right away Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 3