Communication No. 2022-06.1 -Letter to Director Infrastructure Priorities

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Communication Number 2022-06.1 Zendo Kern, Director Planning Department March 14, 2022 Page 2 route for Waikoloa residents,noting that"the most significant type of natural disaster that threatens the Waikoloa community is the threat of wildfires." (P.102) 3) To provide transportation and circulation, a) implement short-term traffic mitigation improvements in and around Waimea Town Center,b) design and construct the Parker Ranch Connector Road, c) design and construct the Lalamilo Connector Road, and d) resolve the best alignment for the proposed Waimea/Kawaihae Road Bypass Highway. (Pages 75-76.) 4)To widen and realign the Waiaka Bridge. The South Kohala CDP specifically asked that these urgent safety improvements would create a new bridge suitable for vehicular traffic while preserving the old bridge for multi-modal use. 5) To fund improvements to the Waikoloa Road/Paniolo Avenue Intersection. This has been a longtime community concern and is referenced in the 2005 General Plan (13.2.5.6.2.jl "Provide traffic signals at the Waikoloa Road-Paniolo Drive intersection." 4)6) To fund safely improvements to four bridgesg the Kawaihae Rd/Akoni Pule Hwy. that are located between the entrance to the Pu`ukohola Heiau and Kawaihae Hawaiian Homes (located over Pohaukole Makeahua, Makahuna and Honokoa GulchI These bridges are frequented by both bicyclists and heavy vehicles and have been identified by several communily groMs as needing improvements so that bicyclists can ride off the road and avoid sharing a lane with vehicular traffic. (P.49) We appreciate you delivering our message to the Mayor on our behalf. Sincerely yours, Ruth A. Smith, Chair, SKCDP-AC www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer planningghawaiicoun ov