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5 Pages <br /> Date:March 7, 2025 <br /> To: Windward Planning Commission <br /> Fr:South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee <br /> Subject:Draft General Plan <br /> Aloha Chair and Members: <br /> Recently at our February meeting of the South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee members of <br /> the community discussed the need to express our views about traffic in South Kohala. Following <br /> is a summary of the responses received after we solicited by email to over 400 contacts on our <br /> list of interested residents. <br /> Mahalo for your consideration. We can provide names and contact information upon request. <br /> Chair Gunner Mench, Kamuela <br /> Vice-Chair Cindy Evans, Kamuela <br /> RESPONSES <br /> Number 1 <br /> The plan should include the goal of bypassing freight and general highway traffic from the cores <br /> of small towns like Waimea. <br /> The intersection of Kawaihae Rd and Hawaii Belt Rd provides an example of a choke point for <br /> Hawaii island traffic. <br /> All freight transportation from Kawaihae that is not going to Kona or N. Kohala goes up Kawaihae <br /> Road and winds up at this intersection. A large percentage of parents who need to take kids to <br /> and from Waimea School, HPA or Parker School pass through this intersection. <br /> The same is true of a large fraction of daily work traffic. <br /> Traffic has changed Waimea and is transforming its character. <br /> _unnnr ._,hawaii.rr.con 808-938-2954 or evans.kohala(a)gmail.com 808-345-5810 <br />