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The traffic on this road is excessive in the morning and I am greatly concerned about the <br />introduction of a large number of additional vehicles trying to access Edita Road or Street by <br />Kaūmana Drive from above and below. What I have understood from the traffic study indicates <br />to me that it was not done properly. Consider the steep approach of Kaūmana Drive from above <br />Edita Street and the typical speed that cars move along there. And consider the cars turning left <br />off of Kaūmana across their path. Consider the vehicles headed to Saddle Road backing up <br />behind them. And finally consider the vehicles travelling to Edita by way of Puainako <br />Extension. <br /> <br />If you live on Kaūmana Drive above the cave you know that it is a “drag strip.” Someone is <br />going to die there by a vehicle accident. The 35 mile per hour speed limit means nothing and it <br />is an outlaw traffic condition. This is my opinion. I have never seen a car pulled over for <br />speeding and I am disgusted by the use of this section of road. But over and above this is the <br />safety risk it poses to the elementary school and pedestrians walking in the vicinity, and now, of <br />course, students related to this school. <br /> <br />DARROW: One minute. <br /> <br />WYMAN: Adding more vehicles, traffic to this road, I believe will negatively impact this <br />community. Is the data correct, 232 accidents on Kaūmana Drive last year and 191 so far this <br />year? A statement from the Police that “There will be an increase in noise, crime and traffic,” <br />well, I’m concerned about the traffic primarily in this vicinity. There should be a pause and <br />serious consideration to the project. I respect the work of the Connections School and their <br />commitment to the students, but I want to know when this road will get safer, slower and wider. <br />I am very concerned that there is a gross misunderstanding of the nature of the traffic in this area <br />on this road by persons who do not live there and that the efforts to mitigate it will not be <br />effective. I respectfully request that the project be denied on that basis only. <br /> <br />KERN: Thank you. Any questions for the testifier? Seeing none, thank you very much. Dr. <br />Henry Lee Loy, give me your name, and area in which you live, and then your three minutes will <br />begin, your three minutes beginning now. <br /> <br />H. LEE LOY: Good morning, my name is Dr. Henry Lee Loy. I’m a physician. I live on Mele <br />Manu Street. As a physician I know the value of a good education. I was born and raised in <br />Hilo, I am a proud graduate of Hilo High and Hilo College. I champion public schools. Let’s <br />see, how many of you students attend Charter, Connections? Raise your hands, let’s see it. <br />Awesome. How many of you live in Kaūmana, raise your hands. I have no diatribe with the <br />Connections Public Charter School students. My concern is safety of the neighborhood and <br />students. Permitting this large institution to be built with only one entrance and exit is extremely <br />dangerous. Fires, health emergencies, earthquakes, acts of terrorism could trap students, faculty <br />and residents. <br /> <br />The intersection is hazardous. In the morning people are rushing down Kaūmana Drive to get to <br />work and get children to school. School children are waiting right on Kaūmana Drive to catch <br />their bus. Connections Charter School will have 350, 380 students, 50 faculty and I would guess <br />maintenance workers, groundskeepers, security, dorm residents, trucks for agriculture, farming, <br /> 21 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />