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money to build a cement extension to this road that went up tothe highway and gave us a very nice exit so that we could enterone way,exit the other. Well, the people decided they didnt want us drive into their property so a tremendous court battle ensued. And after thousands and thousands of dollars, they tore up our cement road, put boulders across it, closed the gate and all this thing that we were supposed to have from the 60s where we have this subdivision with proposed, if you ever want to build a road, or if you want to do this, or one of these days theyre going to do that. Well, we did all of that and now were back to a crummy road that you cant pass on, we cant get a fire truck down, you cant do anything else. All the thousands of dollars, And the turn that everybody spent to pour the cement and everything else to build the other road, totally thrown away, thousands of dollars that it cost us in court fees and attorney fees. We were worse off than we were in the beginning. Andthisisanextensionofthesamething.Theyregoingtobuildanothersubdivision, theyre going to propose to add a road or an extension or help us out, or improve this, or improve that. Its ridiculous. They shouldnt do anything until they build the roads. If they built the roads, theyre going to build houses there, theyre going to improve the infrastructure, bring the water down where its supposed to be, improve the road, improve the exit to the highway and the entrance to the highway. Its not like there might be an accident. There was somebody killed turning into our road. They stopped to turn left, the car ran in back of them and killed the lady; and theres accidents that happen there all the time. I ran into my neighbor there about three days ago. I turned left into the street, you cant even see them from the way the road is shaped, and I smashed into my neighbor at night. Theres no street lights, the road is a, its not even a left turn. Its almost a u-turn off the highway to even get down in there, and you have to turn right. Its like driving off a cliff. I mean, youd have to absolutely see it to believe it. Its ridiculous. And, you know, my understanding now, Ive never even talked to the Tom Smith guy about it but what I understand is he has threatened that if we dont go along with helping to get this approved that rather than relying on the Hualalai Vistas Subdivision as access to his property, hes going to utilize Old Government Road to bring the trucks down and everything to improve his property. He has threatened us with if we dont go along with him, thats what hell intend to do to get his property developed. Its absolutely ridiculous. That road is not usable by two cars, much less dump trucks and cement trucks and construction equipment. Its ridiculous. If youre not going to insist that he improve the entrance and exit for everybody, then theres no reason for us to add more problem than it already is. Kona is going to grow, things are going to change, we have to live with that. I understand that. I mean, I live where people probably hated houses being built 30 years ago. But, at some point, we have to stop and say, lets do the improvements before we keep approving more and more and more land to be developed with more and more houses and more and more problems. Youre the only ones that have that capability. Put your foot down. Make them build the roads, make them improve it. You cannot improve Old Government Road to where they can bring trucks down that road. It cannot be done. Anyway, its very frustrating. Thats the reason most everybody in this subdivision is 18