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<br />down the traffic so we can safely get to the Saddle Road, no to Kaūmana Drive, and then we
<br />have to, when the cars coming around on one corner the mauka side, we have to speed just to get
<br />on the roadway cause it’s the blind you know side, we cannot see. So, what I was thinking as to
<br />improve the road, that would be costly, to do any improvement that was done in Hilo or Ka‘u,
<br />those are all done already, but we probably have to live with Kaūmana Drive as it is cause it
<br />would be too costly for County of Hawai‘i to improve, so what I, what we were asking the
<br />Regency South of improving, making the road safer for us together by putting smart lights, and
<br />then this thing was—I was surprised it wasn’t mentioned today—but anyway, and then we figure
<br />if the place we’re aware, instead of 30 miles--I think we should bring it down to 25. You can, let
<br />it allow to maybe about 30 miles from Ainako to Aipuni, but the, after that, I think it has to all 25
<br />miles a hour, so the, I would think is that when you go into a curvature study the highways like
<br />that in the roads, in the County roads, it should supposed to be 25 miles if you have a curve like
<br />this. And, that’s now, you cover the road, the Kaūmana Road, coming this way, one is up and
<br />one is down going to the project site, you have it at 30 miles per hour, and that’s when I get
<br />really nervous, yeah. So, you folks wanted to know how we can compensate this, okay? Okay,
<br />thanks.
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<br />GONZALES: Okay, thank you.
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<br />MARTIN: I’d like a reminder about how much time is allotted to each speaker.
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<br />GONZALES: Okay, you’re allowed three minutes, but you all signed up for two, so if you go
<br />little bit extra, that’s okay—
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<br />MARTIN: I think it’s a little bit more—
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<br />GONZALES: Yeah, but now I need you ma’am to raise your right hand for me. Do you swear
<br />to tell the truth today to the Windward Planning Commission?
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<br />MARTIN: I do.
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<br />GONZALES: Thank you. State your name and then you can begin.
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<br />MARTIN: My name is Elizabeth Martin, and I’ve been a resident of Luana Gardens for 22
<br />years. Shall I proceed? All right. Today I am taking a very firm stand that Regency South
<br />should honor their agreement that they would fix the road first before building, and here are my
<br />reasons which I think are compelling. It’s primarily for safety and prevention. There is a
<br />preschool located on the corner of Kaūmana Drive and Ainako Avenue. There is also an
<br />elementary school so that means school buses go by in the morning and in the afternoon, and
<br />even under optimal conditions before any building was going on, Kaūmana Drive is a very
<br />narrow winding road and one has to have extreme caution. And I’ll just describe what traffic is
<br />like now. I go there every day, sometimes twice a day. There are big orange signs that say road
<br />work under construction and there are poles and orange, orange construction things, and you feel
<br />like you’re going through an obstacle course. It’s a two-way highway, and I am so thankful
<br />there are cars ahead of me so they can see—and when they have the signals, they have one
<br />worker come out with a slow sign but it’s not a conspicuous sign. And then when you can go,
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