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Strong Bones: Infrastructure <br />Objective 5: Direct future settlement patterns that are sustainable <br />and connected. Honor Hamakua's historic and cultural assets by <br />concentrating new development in existing, walkable, mixed-use <br />town centers while limiting rural sprawl. <br />Objective 7: Establish a rural transportation network that includes <br />improving roadway alternatives to Highway 19, expanding and <br />improving the existing transit system, and encouraging multiple <br />transportation options. <br />Objective 6: Develop and improve critical community infrastructure, <br />including utilities, healthcare, emergency services, affordable housing, <br />educational opportunities and recreational facilities to keep our <br />'ohana safe, strong, and healthy. <br />WHAT HAMAKUA SAID <br />"Keep scenic character of <br />place when developing <br />highways and bridges." <br />"Improved public <br />transit." <br />"Bicycle paths and safe <br />walking paths." <br />Existing Policies & Plans <br />Challenges <br />CDP Value -Added <br />• General Plan prioritizes centralizing <br />• Limited county water in some <br />• Guide water system improvements to priority infrastructure <br />urban development (GP 14.3.3. (b); <br />urban areas (Honokaa, Hakalau- <br />areas, i.e., existing urban areas (Policy 80), <br />14.13(j), 14.3.5.3.2 (a), 14.3.5.4.2(a)), <br />Wailea, and Pepe'ekeo), <br />. Guide regulatory decisions to keep urban development <br />• General Plan prioritizes place- <br />• Current LUPAG allows for <br />compact, with the appropriate density for walkable <br />appropriate commercial development <br />expansive urban growth onto <br />neighborhoods close to services (Policy 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13), <br />((GP 14.3.3 (f); 14.3.5.3.2 (c)); <br />surrounding ag lands that lack <br />. Pursue funding opportunities for rural infrastructure <br />• General Plan prioritizes multi -modal <br />infrastructure and services, <br />improvements (Policy 63, 71, Community Action 4, 26 ); <br />transportation planning (GP 13.1.3(e)), <br />• Limited connectivity, alternative <br />. Guide road connectivity improvements and alternative route <br />• County Bridge Replacement Program, <br />routes, and mass transit options, <br />development (Policy 57, 66, 72, 73), <br />• Complete Street Program/County Multi- <br />' Aging infrastructure (esp. bridges) <br />. Supports the development of County capacity for proactive, <br />modal Plan under development, <br />leaves communities vulnerable to <br />transportation planning (Policy 67, 76), <br />infrastructure failures, <br />Draft Hamakua CDP hamakua@hawaiicounty.gov www.hamakuacdp.info 2 <br />