2016-25 Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Puna Connectivity 9.14.16 (2)

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III. DISCUSSION AND RECOMNWNDATIONS In reviewing the potential options for road connectivity in Puna, the Ad Hoc Committee decided to focus on connectivity among the subdivisions between Highways 11 and 130. Creation of these routes would improve circulation, ease burdens on the highway system, and achieve the goals of the Puna CDP. The Ad Hoc Committee further noted that the lava emergency of 2014- 2015 resulted in the creation of an unpaved emergency access route connecting Nanawale Estates to Hawaiian Shores, and Hawaiian Beaches to Hawaiian Paradise Park. This achieved the highest priority of the Puna Kai and Puna Mauka regions, and the access road will be available for use in future emergency situations. In order to create connections between the Upper Puna subdivisions, creating an alternate route from Volcano to Highway 130 that parallels Highway 11, we must acquire lots or easements at the borders of the subdivisions and/or develop road lots that belong to the subdivisions and establish Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) between the appropriate Community Associations. The MOUS are necessary to ensure that the road connections remain open and viable, regardless of the potential changing desires of the membership on Community Association boards. The recommended connections are listed in no particular order of priority.