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KUBOTA:Was that the -, that this new subdivision has its own egress and ingress farther north and you touched on that. We have problems with the Department of Transportation in that and the drainage. He also suggested that perhaps Nani Kailua, the main road, lateral access, be used by the construction trucks and so forth, traffic, only until such time as the infrastructure is built to accommodate this new subdivision. Can we block off roads from usage by vehicles in that nature? I mean it's a public road, isn't it? It's not a private road. Does anyone have the right to say it's prohibited? YUEN:I know what you're saying, but I think in theory you could put a condition on a rezoning regarding uses of roads by construction vehicles for that. KUBOTA:Oh. YUEN:Because -, as a condition of rezoning. It would be a violation by the landowner. We would expect the landowner to make the construction company comply. The police could not cite the construction vehicles on the road going back and forth because of it being a public highway. As long as they -, as long as those vehicles complied with the normal vehicle code. You could, in theory, make a condition of a rezoning. In practice, in this case, I don't see how they're going to get construction vehicles up there without using Nani Kailua. KUBOTA:Well, I -. YUEN:Or they could go on Aloha Kona, parallel -. KUBOTA:There was -, it was even further than that. YUEN:Yes. KUBOTA:Mr. Planning Director. As I understood, his suggestion was that in the interim, the construction vehicles use Nani Kailua, but after the infrastructure is set for their own subdivision and they have egress and ingress of their own, that the use of Nani Kailua be prohibited. And I understood that to mean for the residents, as well. GIMPEL:No, I meant -. KUBOTA:I may have been wrong. GIMPEL:That would be prohibitive for construction vehicles. KUBOTA:Truck -. 20