2014-60 KSE Conectivity Testimony

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Communication No. 2014-60 KALAPANA SEAVIEW ESTATES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION R.R.#2, Box 4537, Pahoa, Hawaii 96778 August 28, 2014 County of Hawaii Planning Department Duane Kanuha, Director Puna Community Development Plan Action Committee Aupuni Center, 101 Pauahi St, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Subject: Puna CDP Action Committee Recommendation for Emergency Road Connector Through Kalapana Seaview Estates Subdivision (KSE) Director Kanuha: Kalapana Seaview Estates Community Association (KSECA) is comprised of all owners of KSE. The KSECA Board of Director's has only recently been made aware of the PCDP Connectivity and Emergency Response Subcommittee's recommendation to connect Mapuana Avenue to Highway 130. KSE is a rural and small subdivision that has no outlet and therefore no pass through traffic. This is how we maintain the peaceful and quiet lifestyle that attracted homeowners here in the first place. Creating such a connector road would completely and irreparably alter KSE to the dismay of all who own homes and live here.A connector road would quickly become a speedway of all sorts of vehicles heading to the coastline and would result in greatly increased traffic, speeding vehicles and concomitant accidents, and noise throughout the day and night. People of Seaview understand the distance to emergency services as it currently exists and have no desire to change things.We understand the price to pay is too high and would likely change our peaceful neighborhood forever into a place we no longer wanted to live. We were surprised that this recommendation went forth without anyone on the PCDP contacting us here in KSE to get our thoughts. Interestingly,this same topic came up in 2006 and again KSECA commented that we were 100% opposed to such a road connector.We have not changed in this opinion. Mahalo for your consideration. Sincerely, [Athena Peanut signature on original] President, KSECA Cc: PDCP