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and did prevail in the Third Circuit Court. But that has now been appealed by the landowner and that could lead to a further delay in being, in the construction of the road. So at this point, seeing that the Mamalahoa Bypass has essentially been completed up till Halekii Street, the County has re-evaluated the situation and is proposing an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance that would permit the use of Halekii Street in the interim before the Highway is opened to the Napoopoo junction. That is still the overall long-term plan. The completion of that section is assured by the bond that’s in place. And hopefully the County will prevail on the appeal of the law suit. And that really completes my presentation about the zoning aspect of this. And I’d be happy to take any questions. Anything really to do with how the road would be managed would be dealt with by the Department of Public Works. Just as a lead in to what they are going to talk about, at this point their plans involve opening it for a one-way traffic south bound in the afternoon peak hours. They have some ideas about how that’s going to be managed. It does create management and operational issues that they’ll talk about. The restrictions on that would be imposed separately. It would not be part of the rezoning ordinance any more. Normally when you have restrictions on a government road, like even speed limits or no parking zones, those are in a different chapter of the County Code. WATANABE: Are there any questions from the Commissioners? I have a question, Mr. Yuen. So basically by your last statement, you’re indicating that there will be something documented, memorializing the agreement on the restrictions but it won’t necessarily be within this ordinance? YUEN: That’s correct. WATANABE: Thank you. Can I also ask, I don’t know if I should ask you or the Department of Public Works, but in the material that we received there was a traffic consultant and the traffic consultant did indicate that, you know, opening it both ways would be helpful. From what I’ve just heard, if I heard you correctly, it sounds like you’re just looking at in the afternoon now. Is that, did I hear you correctly? YUEN: That’s correct. And I’ll let Public Works talk about that more. But this is as a matter of trying to deal with concerns that people have, particularly about Halekii Street, about the opening of the road; and they’ll talk about why the choice to go with a one-way opening; and I think they can do a better job explaining that. WATANABE: Thank you. Mr. Domingo? DOMINGO: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Yuen, could you give me a description of the end scenario when the Bypass Road is completed from Keauhou all the way up to Napoopoo junction? YUEN: The end scenario would be that the Highway would be open, it would be a public highway opened 24 hours a day, as normal public highways. I’m not sure if the speed limits at the various portions of the highway have been absolutely set. At the Napoopoo end, the Bypass would be the through road. In other words, it would be, I believe that the plan is that EXHIBIT A 4