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station, restaurants and stores. Eventually, we believe the center would provide jobs for local people; and that opportunity will be expanding over the years. The subdivision was originally conceived by my father, Hiroshi Matsuyama, and was developed by a local hui named ÐKamaaina Eight.Ñ The objectives of the hui was to provide fee simple land ownership opportunities for small businesses in the Kona area. We have succeeded in this endeavor. All of our lots have been sold and rapidly becoming the home for over 40 businesses, and a place of busines employees. We have succeeded because we have fulfilled our comm respective government agencies and have invested millions upon millions of dollars in the improvement to the subdivision. One of these major investments is in danger of being negated, na intersection which services our subdivision. This investment will be negated by the actions of the State Department of Transportation when Queen K Highway is upgraded to a four-lane highway. The Department has stated that they will only allow right-in and right-out traffic to landowners along Queen K Highway. This traffic policy was set during a time when the State considered Queen K Highway to be a high-speed highway and wanted to preserve this characteristic. They also had plans for grade-separated intersections and service roads that would run parallel to Queen K to provide access to adjacent landowners like myself. All of these traffic improvements have been set aside. I believe we all realize that the fiscal constraints of the State has reached such a point where these grandiose plans have faced reality and cannot come about. However, this no right-in, no right-out policy is still in play and we have no where to go. The only solution at this point that the State has given us is that once Queen K is developed into a four-lane highway, those who will have only right-in and right-out opportunities must go to Hulikoa, to Hinalani Drive to do a u-turn and/or NELH. And I think in later testimonies by some trucking representatives here, youÓll start to understand that that type of approach is impossible for many of the businesses in the subdivi We believe that the State is unrealistic in their policy approach to Queen K. The highway between Keahole Airport and Kailua has not evolved into a business district that requires access by adjacent landowners. As for the high-speed highway concept, I believe we all have driven on Queen K during morning rush hour, pauhana time an ThereÓs no high-speed concept there, you know. Queen K has changed, and I think the Department has to make their concepts evolve to those changes. Secondly, the present plan to have vehicles that will either leave or enter our subdivision to do u-turns at Hinalani and NELH, again, is totally unrealistic and only increases the congestion to these existing intersections and to increase dangers to motorists. Thirdly, to only allow limited access to Hinalani and Kaiminani for mauka properties on Queen K is totally unrealistic. We have developed Hulikoa Drive and have included an access point to the mid-level road. And, so, this implements an opportunity to have the K-to-K Plan come into being. 12