2021-11-18 Leeward Exh C (Items 1 & 2)

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PAISHON-DUARTE: I am, yes. OKANEKU: Okay, the County had widened Māmalahoa Highway to provide a median storage lane, a median left turn lane basically around that entire stretch of the roadway. Now, the purpose of this is so that left turn traffic can pull off the two lanes and then turn in to the driveways. Similarly, a vehicle exiting the site will be able to turn left and basically store in this median lane until the traffic into Waimea bound direction when there’s a gap in Waimea bound direction traffic and they can enter this entry safely. So, basically, this mitigates all the driveway type of access along the stretch where, in particular where you have a lot of driveways. “- - -” a protected lane basically for traffic going in and out. KERN: And Commissioner Paishon-Duarte I’ll add Condition J of the background report and recommendations spells out those traffic mitigation measures per the TIAR consultation with DPW. PAISHON-DUARTE: Thank you. Quick follow up question. So, I wish I’m sorry I need to go and look at maybe some of the drawings and diagrams that were submitted. So, please restate Mr. Okaneku what is that it’s a safety area? OKANEKU: It’s a median, it’s a 2-way left turn median lane. PAISHON-DUARTE: Median lane. OKANEKU: Yellow stripes on both sides, you can see it in the center of the highway and so like I said, basically, that for left turn traffic going in and out of any driveway along that stretched in lieu of an exclusive left turn lane. PAISHON-DUARTE: Thank you. Do you happen to know if that type of situation replicated or does it currently exist near the vicinity of this property? The reason why I ask is I am very familiar with that area, it is highly congested, there’s a lot of big rigs that are going in between, back, and forth, and so I just want to understand, are there other safety situations like this that are already in place, and does it actually mitigate some of the safety concerns that the public has raised. I’m not sure if that’s best addressed by the applicant or by County staff, I apologize I don’t know who to address it to. OKANEKU: This is relatively common throughout the State. I’m not sure I can give you a specific site. I believe on the west side of Waimea also there’s this type of setup along one of the schools on the west side of town. Let’s see, but like I said it’s quite common I mean throughout the State, throughout the nation, it’s a common practice. ANDREWS: I’d like to share my screen again to show the photograph of the road, because it could illustrate what you’re talking about Commissioner Paishon-Duarte. These images show the highway directly in front of the subject property so on the upper left photograph the property is on the right side, so you can see the median strip here. And then on the lower right, the subject property is here on the left so you’re facing towards Waimea here. You can see that median strip that was being discussed. 9 EXHIBIT C