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a + � NEIL ABERCROMBIE ;� •�"';� 4 � GLEM iirl. 019MOTo GOVERNM IM D" ©hoom . JAM T. MAY FCM N. RANDY GRLNE STATE OF HAWAII Q�INE JA URAS�41�[! DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIR 0570 869 PUNCHBOWL STREET HWY -1 S 2.5352 HONOLULU, HAWAII 9N13-5097 August 14, 2013 Mr. Bruce E. Witcher, P.E. Witcher Engineering, LLP P.O. Hoye 348 Holualoa, Hawaii 96725 Dear Mr. Witcher: Subject: Traffic Assessment Report, Proposed Medical Clinic, Aguinaldo LLC, Proposed Medical Clinic, Change of Zone Application, REZ 12 -000 159, Pahoa, Puna, Hawaii, TMR.: (3) 1 -5-3:037 We received your letter dated April 16, 2013, transmitting the subject Traffic Assessment (TA) dated March 2013 for a med i ca 1 clinic that is planned to accommodate 11 doctors and a dentist in a medical clinic on a 1.545-acre triangular shaped parcel in Pahoe. The asassment was pared in response to comment number 3 of our letter (HWY,-PS 2.3503 dated November 27, 2012) to the County of Hawaii Planning Department regarding Change of Zone Application No. REZ 12-- 000159 from RS -1 o to CV-20. The subject parcel is located adjacent to and east of State Route 130, Pahoa-Kalapana Road, and adjacent to and south of Route 132, Pahoa-Kapoho Road. ,Access is proposed from Route 132, which is under County jurisdiction, approximately 170 feet from the Route 130/Route 132 signalized intersection. The clinic's planned hours of operation are 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. We have the following comments: 1 * we understand that the provision of medical and dental services in Lower Puna should reduce the number of regional trips on State Route 130, Kcaau-Pahoa Road, between Pahoa and Hilo. 2. The TA should be revised to assess the clinic's impacts on State Route 130, primarily on the adequacy of the existing storage lengths of the auxiliary lanes on Route 130 at its intersection with County Route 132, Pahoa-Kapoho Road. The revised TA should be submitted to the .Department of Transportation (DOT) for review and acceptance prior to the issuance of building permits for the clinic. Should any changes to the existing auxiliary lanes be needed to accommodate additional traffic generated by the proposed medical, clinic, the Applicant should be required to plan, design and construct the improvements. prior to County approval of a certificate of occupancy for the clinic. 3. The queue analysis for the eastbound through and right -turn movements at the project driveway should be included in the revised TA to determine if queuing occurs back to the Paboa-K.alapana Road/ eaau -Pahoa road intersection.