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that, traffic always seems to move fine for me at the times of day I’m around. And the only thing I see is what you all say that there’s surfers, dogs, joggers, all that stuff right on the shoulder of the road. It makes us feel real dangerous so you’ve got to drive relatively slowly. But I don’t see inordinate congestion. Is it ‘cause I’m there at the wrong time of day or can you just give me a feel for where the real congestion issue is? FROST:From my perspective, yes, I go down from 7, 8, 9 o’clock, it’s terrible. It’s a killing zone. You have a lot of trouble just crossing the street. People are in a hurry to go to work, zoom, especially if you’re crossing from the beach over to White Sands condo because the road curves. If you’re on the inside of the curve you cannot see either direction. Little better on the outside of the curve but they go through there fast, really fast. It’s very hard to cross the street. You’ve seen the deaths we’ve had on Ali`i Drive over the last few years. It’s a very bad traffic mix. There’s nothing to slow people down. Five months ago, I applied for two crosswalks. They have to be agreed on by the County Council ‘cause they’re not on the corner. But people cannot cross the street there in the mornings and in the afternoons. You go through there during the day, probably okay. But, boy, in the morning when kids going to school and all those people out there -. And I regularly stop young ladies with babies now and I say, look, you’re going to White Sands Subdivision where I live -- because the reason babies get asthma is because in the first year of life they breathe toxins and particulates, and these women are running them along the road and the traffic is going zoom, and the big trucks, and all of it. It’s kind of a horror story in terms of safety and health. I guarantee you it’s a hazard. But you don’t want to make it worse by adding another 200 cars. The fact that you’ve seen some deception already on the part of the developer as to the number of cars and etc. should make you suspicious. This is a disaster for those of us that live there. I’m against this project for the traffic safety and because I don’t see anything included in there about ground pollution. I’ll be back at the next meeting. Thank you. WATANABE:I take it that’s it for the questions. You may be seated. I believe we have MerryAnn Stone and Robert Milton, who also signed up to testify. May I swear the both of you at the same time. Could you raise your right hands? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Hawai`i County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS:Yes. WATANABE:Okay, which one of you would like to go first? STONE:I’ll go first. WATANABE:Okay. Would you state your name and address, please, for the record. STONE:MerryAnn Stone, White Sands Subdivision, 77-159 Kaipoi Place. The first thing I want to mention was upon hearing about this project, my neighbor received a letter from Sidney and called, “Gee, I didn’t get a letter. How come my neighbor did,” and he said, “Well, they sent out a whole bunch.” Then he said there will EXHIBIT C 22