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Transportation& Roads Overall Strategy for Transportation: Widening, improving, and extending major arterials, as well as increasing connectivity between and within existing and future development are necessary to enhance mobility in Kona. The proposed Keohokalole Highway Mid-Level Road) will add capacity to the north-south arterial network and reduce demands on the existing regional facilities. It would also serve as the central multi-modal corridor serving future regional development. A series of east-west(mauka-makai) collector roads linking the regional north-south facilities must also be provided for added circulation and to further reduce the reliance upon the regional facilities. In addition,future urban development must contribute to a well- connected local transportation network that provides for safe, direct, and convenient access for automobile, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic. Local streets include all streets that are not designated as collectors or arterials. Although local streets are not designed for through or heavy traffic, the connectivity of these streets with each other and with collectors is crucial ensuring that residents can easily reach destinations within the community. Objective TRAN-1: Transportation and Land Use. To organize growth on a regional level in Kona, growth should be compact and transit supportive. Compact mixed-use villages along transit routes provide sufficient densities to support transit feasibility and enable people to meet a variety of daily needs within walking distance. Policy TRAN- 1.1: Oficial Transportation Network Map. The Official Transportation Network Map shall show proposed transit routes, proposed arterials and collectors, and pedestrian/bicycle paths. This map shall recommend the functional classification of the roadway. The purpose of this map is to show intended interconnections,plan and preserve these corridors, budget public improvements, and provide notice to affected landowners ofpotential impacts from these projects. As applicable,permit approvals (e.g., rezonings, subdivisions,planned unit developments shall require the dedication of the rights- of-way and/or improvements of proposed roadways shown on the Official Transportation Map which traverse through the applicable project area. When a permitted action occurring along proposed roads depicted on the Official Transportation Network Map requires a TIAR, the extent of dedicated rights-of- way and/or improvements shall be proportionate to the project's impact. Policy TRAN-1.2: Trunk Line. The new Keohokalole Highway (Mid-Level Road)shall function as the trunk transit route connecting Kailua Village with the airport, along which transit-oriented developments (TODs) will be located. As the trunk transit route, there should be future allowance for a dedicated transit-way within the right-of- way. The time interval between vehicles moving in the same direction on the same -16- I