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www.hiplanningdept.com southkohala@hawaiicounty.gov Page 4 <br />Committee Member Sanborn shared that even though the issues of Waiaka Bridge are outside of County jurisdiction, the County garbage trucks having to reroute through Waikoloa instead of crossing the bridge amounts to an additional impact on county infrastructure and services. He agreed with the aforementioned Waikoloa shopping center traffic impacts. He stated that these issues compound with the safety issues in the intersection and ultimately lead to immense pressure on the County to address the concerns. He suggested compiling all of these concerns together in a statement to the County to call for swifter action. <br />Committee Member Smith suggested considering the second Waikoloa access road as a mitigating factor for the traffic safety problem and to solicit solutions for both issues. <br />Committee Member Alos shared her efforts in contacting the Police Department to obtain reports of traffic accidents at the intersection. She explained she was waiting for a reply from Chief Paul Ferreira on the matter. <br />Councilmember Richards shared his understanding that the weight limit on the bridge was to be removed to reduce many of these immediate problems. He explained that they had recalculated the expected load on the Waiaka, Hīlea, and Nīnole Bridges to take into account additional factors. A concern was raised about the Lindsey Road Bridge, alleging that it needed repairs. <br />Committee Member McLaughlin asked if the CDP should be amended to more clearly state support for fixing this issue. Staff Childs responded that amending the CDP is a cumbersome process which may not be feasible at this time and expressed hope that that could be included in a future review of the CDP. <br />Acting Chair Kaneali‘i asked what would be a good course of action for the Action Committee to take regarding the Waikoloa Road/Paniolo Ave. intersection as well as the second access for Waikoloa Village, suggesting that they could write a letter but expressed concern that the CDP does not explicitly state guidance on the alignment of the secondary access road. She additionally suggested asking the Department of Transportation to speed up the reconstruction of the Waiaka Bridge. <br />Staff Childs referenced a study done in 2005 which detailed the alternate routes the proposed secondary access road could take. He recalled that previously the Action Committee had expressed general support for any alignment choice so long as the project gets initiated in some form. He offered the Action Committee the option of writing a letter, or to alternatively liaise with County officials to try to gather information [budget realities, tradeoffs, priorities, etc.] to determine an appropriate way to support the project(s). He expressed that the Action Committee should decide whether they want to lump the secondary access road concerns in with the intersection safety concerns with whatever action they decide to take. He also explained a potential trade-off involved with creating a subcommittee to accomplish their goal, that it could take more time. The subcommittee process would involve two more meetings, one to report their information to the Action Committee and another have the Action Committee take action. <br />Committee Member Alos moved to start a subcommittee up on this. Second by Committee Member Gordon. <br />Staff Childs asked Committee Member Alos to clarify her motion. She explained that the intent would be to explore both the egress and intersection issues in this subcommittee. She expressed the goal would be to continue to compile information <br />