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thousands of dollars to pave a County-owned road, which the County refuses to maintain.
<br />So, anyway, and, furthermore, that intersection at, with Mamalahoa, Highway 190, which
<br />is a State-owned road, is a substandard, very poor sight distance roadway. Already weÓve
<br />had some deaths there, that mother who died and left orphan children. Very dangerous.
<br />So I talked to Mr. Mooers and Mr. Clever about finding a way, in conjunction with this
<br />project, to link the roadways together. ThereÓs a, letÓs see, one, two, three, four, four lots
<br />to the north which have an entry, itÓs a private road, entry onto Highway 190; and there
<br />are all the Kohanaiki Homestead lots, plus some makai, that currently use the Church of
<br />God Road. Both of these, although the latter has the worst, both of these donÓt have great
<br />sight distance. It appears to me in my, you know, non-technical, IÓm not an engineer,
<br />view of this, driving by there at least a couple times every day, that you should link these
<br />roadways together and have them come up through one intersection instead of having
<br />three intersections within a short distance of one another, when cars are going at such
<br />high speeds. And so I pursued this with Mr. Mooers and Mr. Clever. The intervening
<br />parcel, the Ag-3a parcel right immediately to the south is, would be, we would need to
<br />get access over there in order to connect to the Church of God Road to link up these.
<br />And my understanding is that after many months of searching, this individual has finally
<br />been found overseas in Europe. I havenÓt have a chance to talk to the person but perhaps
<br />Mr. Mooers or Mr. Clever has, to see about doing this. I note that the Department of
<br />Public Works, in looking at that most mauka or eastern stubout, wants it to be further
<br />makai, but thatÓs what that stubout would do.
<br />The other concern that I had was with respect to the Kohanaiki Road, which the County
<br />claims the State owns part of, and I donÓt believe the State owns any of it. I think itÓs
<br />now under the jurisdiction of the County. And for those of you who have driven on that
<br />road -. My recollection is that Alanui may have at one time gone all the way to Kiholo.
<br />And I believe, with some exception, one could actually go on through that and you would
<br />end up to all the way to Kiholo through Huehue. I see Commissioner Springer nodding
<br />her head and she would know if anybody knew. IÓve walked, more than most, 12 miles
<br />of it, unfortunately, uphill; that day was a very hot day. But, in any case, as your maps
<br />show, it appears to intersect into the, to Kona Hills; and actually when you go down
<br />there and look at it, the grade difference is quite different. As I think everybody knows,
<br />Kona Hills is right now a private road subdivision which is gated. The proposal before
<br />you today is to have this gated. I can imagine that some members of the community
<br />probably came forward suggesting, as has the Department of Public Works, that these
<br />roads be inter-connected and be public roads. Certainly that would assist with public
<br />safety and access; and the whole concept, as IÓm sure the Planning Director and certainly
<br />the Subdivision Code, calls for inter-connectivity of subdivisions.
<br />I was not here, as I said, to hear what the Applicant said. But thereÓs no question in my
<br />mind, ladies and gentlemen, that this area is going to be, is under and will continue to be
<br />under great pressure for urbanization, urban pressure, because the demand is exceeding
<br />the supply. YouÓve heard this, IÓm sure, many times from people
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