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MAHA: Malama Ka Aina Hana Ka Aina <br /> PO Box 11331 Hilo, Hawaii 96721 <br /> We are not relocating ever again! <br /> Another "new road" will bring in an unreasonable amount of traffic into the small, quiet <br /> community of Leleiwi, turning our "back roads" where our kupuna walk every morning <br /> and our keiki ride their bikes into a major intersection and highway. `A`ole. <br /> This erroneous attack on Hawaiian Homelands is a disrespectful approach and a land <br /> snatch of trust lands. <br /> MAHA is in communication with DHHL and Chairman Kali Watson to bring attention to <br /> this matter. <br /> In looking at the map, I ask myself who is it that these new roads benefit? What is the <br /> narrative behind its shape? Hilo has been living life at a comfortable pace. Yes it takes <br /> us longer to get out of Keaukaha, but if you are truly asking us, the residents of these <br /> affected areas. I would rather sit an additional however many minutes in my car, then to <br /> have these additional roads gut into our communities and expose our wahipana. Please <br /> do not take us for fools, because when I see these maps, I do not see hope, I do not <br /> see a future for my keiki. I see investors, eyeing up my community, and my 'one hanau! <br /> In summary, the proposed County "new roads" running through King's Landing, will <br /> place extensive irreplaceable, irrevocable harm upon the native Hawaiian beneficiaries <br /> that currently reside in, and steward the lands as well as the future 74 Hawaiian <br /> Homestead Leases of King's Landing. <br /> The "new roads" will place extensive irreplaceable harm upon the pristine quiet <br /> coastline of Lehia. <br /> Lastly, the "new roads" will place lasting irreplaceable harm upon the quiet coastline <br /> community of Leleiwi, exaggerating an overcrowded, over tourism visited coastline. <br /> In closing, the Planning Department had a kuleana to reach out to the beneficiaries and <br /> to DHHL. The Planning Department had a kuleana to reach out to the affected <br /> communities of Panaewa, Keaukaha and Leleiwi. <br /> Looking at this map, I see possible solutions that can benefit all of Hawai'i County, the <br /> beneficiaries of King's Landing, as well as East Hawaii residents, <br /> So let's do a better job as a community and talk about this? <br /> With strong opposition and disappointment, <br />