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STIP meetings are being held in East Hawaii. I hope some of you who live over there will go over to Keaau, to Hilo, in the meetings coming up and please talk to them about including the Kealakehe Parkway project on the STIP list. It used to be there, itÓs no longer there. And I hope that theyÓll have meetings in Kona, I understand next month they might. So, thatÓs my long answer to a short question. Big problem. GALDONES:Mr. Fujikawa? FUJIKAWA:Yeah, the other concern was the top of Hinalani Road on the highway. ThatÓs a State highway. WhatÓs happening on the tie-in? Is there going to be a intersection light, street light? TYLER:At Hinalani and -? FUJIKAWA:The very top? TYLER:At Mamalahoa, Highway 190, I havenÓt heard anything of tha kind. ItÓs a substandard intersection especially as it relates to the left-turning lane makai. IÓve heard nothing of any discussion of a traffic signal there. IÓm hoping the next traffic signal that goes into Kona will be at Kaloko Drive and Mamalahoa Highway, which is Kaloko mauka. You folks have talked about that. FUJIKAWA:Right. TYLER:IÓm not aware of any signal there. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If there are no other questions, IÓd just like to say, for the record, that Mr. Mooers and Mr. Clever had met with me on at least one or two occasions regarding their proposal, this has been quite sometime ago. My concern always has been with respect to the Kalaoa area, Greater Kalaoa area, some are calling it, that mauka area, is that there be given serious consideration and attention to interconnectivity of roadways. Sounds to me like you may have heard some testimony regarding th heard the tail end of one testifier talking about Kohanaiki Road. One of the difficulties we have in this area is the fact that there are no County standard roadways from the properties to the south, except for the Church of God Road, which is not a County standard road. The Church of God Roadway has been disclaimed by this County for years. For the County to call this a road in limbo, and they wonÓt maintain it, and itÓs not a County road, is outrageous beyond any, any sensible belief; and IÓm trying to be conservative in my comments here. Mr. McClure has indicated that when the department brought forth a resolution trying to resolve some of these road in limbo situations, that he believes that the residents ought to get together and upgrade the roads at their own expense, and then the County will take them over. Mr. Torigoe may have some information on this, I think he may be somewhat familiar. people of the Church of God, that use the Church of God Road have already paid 29