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Policy 42 Increase capacity to provide education and outreach and enforce conditions on grading and grubbing permits to require screen planting, erosion control planting, or other treatments to maintain the good appearance of graded areas, reduce the detrimental impact on adjacent properties, and protect watersheds. (HCC 10-12 (c)) Policy 50 Identify government roads (including roads -in -limbo, 'paper roads' and train infrastructure remnants) with public access value for trails. If these are being obstructed by private parties, work to remove the obstructions. Policy 51 Prior to disposing of, leasing, or transferring public lands, including public roads or trails, public access potentials will be assessed, documented and protected if public access use is in the public's interest. (HRS §46-1.5) Policy 67 Identify suitable/priority locations for bicycle lanes and paths, walkways, and jogging paths, and set funding priorities (especially in coordination with roadway for improvements such as widening, restriping, ADA improvements, etc.) Policy 68 Improve/replace substandard bridges in the Hamakua Planning Area. Policy 69 Develop a roads -in -limbo improvement and adoption process according to population, usage, alternative route/connectivity needs, and safety assessments. Policy 70 Support and provide technical assistance to assist in the development of 'road improvement districts' in order to finance road improvements. (Refer to County Res No 320-10) Policy 71 To improve safe pedestrian access and increase connectivity in Honoka'a: • Make safety improvements to downtown Honoka'a based on Complete Streets and/or other evidence -based planning principles. Improvements to include: additional pedestrian crosswalks on Mamane Street, additional sidewalk development (such as along Lehua Street), and safe, marked walkways to parking areas servicing downtown. • Complete the extension linking Pikake and Pakalana Street to provide arterial redundancy • Explore alternatives in the management of Pakalana Street, such as its conveyance to the State Department of Education or its conversion to a one-way traffic pattern. (GP 13.2.5.4.2 (e)) • Provide a cross-town connection to Plumeria Street by extending Kamani Street. GP 13.2.5.4.2 (f); Policy 72 Improve substandard sections of the Old Mamalahoa Highway and maintain for use as an alternative, emergency route to Highway 19 Policy 73 Adopt rural road design standards that accommodate, where appropriate, flexibility in the design of streets to preserve the rural character of an area, including pavement width, unpaved shoulders/swales, rock walls, lighting, and landscaping featuring native plants. 21 Hamakua CDP Guidance to Agencies