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to be directly involved in this. But then I referred him to a number of people, one of whom
<br />was Mr. Mooers, and I am assuming that's one of the reasons why he is here this morning.
<br />I wanted to again thank the Council, excuse me, the Commission for your ongoing concern
<br />regarding the intersections of the Homestead Road, also known as Church of God Road, and
<br />the Old Government Road with Highway 190, or Mmalahoa Highway. This Commission has
<br />consistently queried Staff as well as applicants or their representatives regarding the conditions
<br />of these intersections. In fact, the Commission, at one point, suggested to the Council that no
<br />further rezonings be done in Kaloko Mauka until that intersection was improved. Mr. Mooers
<br />has given you some background information regarding the Kaloko rezonings, as has Director
<br />Yuen.
<br />I can tell you that I have personally worked on this, that particular project, ever since I came
<br />into office. We have had some ongoing difficulties, not the least of which is insufficient funds,
<br />to complete it, but also a fair amount of finger-pointing. And I am hopeful that with Director
<br />Yuen's help and the Council's help, we will be able to redirect present and future roadway fair
<br />share assessments to allow for a four-way traffic signal at this location. If we go to a
<br />channelized intersection, there will be substantial condemnation of the properties, including the
<br />former home that I used to live in, and which my sister now lives in, which our family lived
<br />in. And this is going to cost probably millions of dollars, also, on the makai side, and that
<br />owner is Mr. Ferreira, Perreira, excuse me, who is in the audience this morning, as well.
<br />But I wanted to let you know that we are working with the Kaloko landowners regarding this
<br />traffic study. We are working with Mr. Mooers, as well as Public Works, to try to come up
<br />with a solution there. And, heretofore, there has been little consideration for the four-way
<br />intersection, merely a T intersection with Kaloko Drive. And if anybody is familiar with this,
<br />and I know some or perhaps all of the Commissioners are very familiar with this since you
<br />drive by it, that would be a huge mistake. So we'll try to do this in a cost effective way.
<br />With respect to the Church of God Road or the Homestead Road, as it has been called, there
<br />has already been one death there which left, I think, three children orphaned, and a substantial
<br />number of accidents. And I approached Mr. Mooers and the adjacent property owners to try
<br />to come up with a solution that would take four potential intersections onto Highway 190,
<br />within a very short period. There are two existing ones right now. There's one to the north of
<br />the 55 acres. There's the 55-acre, which has access. There's the next one that Mr. Mooers
<br />mentioned, and then there's the Church of God Road. And what I'm attempting to do, and
<br />working with the adjacent landowners and Mr. Mooers, in particular, and I thank him for
<br />helping with this effort, is to bring four of those down to one. And it would be a parallel road
<br />where it would all connect in, and there seems to be some agreement. We're waiting on, as
<br />Mr. Mooers explained, one adjacent landowner. Because it's virtually impossible to improve
<br />the Church of God Road from a sight distance standpoint because of the massiveness of the
<br />lava that's there. In fact, we'd probably have to take another house. If you're not familiar,
<br />there's a house up in there. So, anyway, it's not quite as simple as one would think. In any
<br />case, I wanted to provide that to you as background.
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