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residential slums resulting in a feeding frenzy by speculative buyers, sellers, and realtors
<br />alike. Believe you me, this is the sole purpose of half of these things that are going on.
<br />Its a residential land busting and its facilitating some peoples pocketbooks because the
<br />sales are skyrocketing in the area. Okay?
<br />The increased traffic from Kawili onto Manono Street, that is a result of other former
<br />political bugaboos, will present major traffic concerns when they start considering where
<br />theyre going to channel the traffic when they make the hookup between the Komohana
<br />coming down by the University. Are they going to come on Manono Street or theyre
<br />going to fill traffic to Kilauea and Lanikaula, no not Lanikala, well, the two streets that
<br />go across Hilo. If they decide to come down Kawili, ah hah, its going to be
<br />a major, major thing. And for any one to live on Manono Street where I live, say that
<br />they can have no trouble getting in and out of their property in the morning is crazy.
<br />Heres my secret to get out of your property, you know, in answer -. You know, you live
<br />inyourhousefor72yearsandallofasuddenonedayyouhavetobackout,thereare
<br />cars, when the cars are coming over the hill and you force them to stop, theyre not
<br />stopping because they want to, you have to back out and force them to stop so that you
<br />can get out of your driveway. Thats how I have to get out of my driveway because of
<br />the traffic. Any increase now is already, I dont know if Id ever feel it, but what am I
<br />going to do now? I have to throw a bomb in the road pretty soon to stop the traffic so I
<br />can get out. So traffic concerns are real, theyre not imaginary. Theyre real. From
<br />where I live, at least, up to the corner where they live is big time because of the traffic.
<br />Historically, the trade winds which blew gently through my home is now filled with dust
<br />from the roadway fronting my home. You cant do nothing about this. But living, you
<br />know about the traffic problem. This project will increase traffic and subsequently
<br />increase the dust problem, not to mention the noise pollution. Funny? Yeah, not so
<br />funny when you live under those conditions and the conditions are going to get worst.
<br />The Directors widening of the road will impact my property if they intend to widen as a
<br />condition of this granting of the zoning change. This will bring increased traffic closer to
<br />my front door. Because theyre going to come down and theyre going to want to widen
<br />the street right up to my property and take some of my property away. So instead of
<br />being far back away from all this dust, Im going to be that much, another 9-10 feet
<br />closer to the highway.
<br />The dust pollution passing through my home, not to mention the already increasing noise
<br />from large trucks, with unlawful black, black mufflers, on cars, motorcycles, as well as
<br />large groups or organized vehicles which have been terrorizing Hilo as of late between 12
<br />and the morning time, all over Hilo full blast, any street, 4 oclock in the morning,
<br />3 oclock in the morning -. You call the police and theyll tell you, well, theyre entitled
<br />to be on the roads, too. Is police protection, police and more police the answer? I dont
<br />know. Is a zoning change necessary to eliminate some of these traffic problems? It is.
<br />But if it is going to increase the traffic it becomes a major issue for the people who live
<br />there. While Im only one voice, I was there when there were 200 voices I was speaking
<br />for. And we succeeded in changing the General Plan, of all things. The hardest thing to
<br />do in this County is change the General Plan; and we got it changed. And then boom,
<br />you come up and all of a sudden I get wind of the fact that its a commercial residential
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