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From: Simmy
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2022 10:46 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Bill 161
Attachments: Kuakini Highway Traffic jpg; Laipala traffic daily 8,712 Alii Laaloa Queen K jpg
Kuakini H)My Draft EA 2013.pdi
Aloha County Council Commissioners, CD
Please consider the Phase 2 of widening Kuakini Highway.
This is a Life and DEATH !! situation for if we ever had a Tsunami, or Big Wave Storm.
It's impossible to get to higher grounds in a matter of 5 minutes to an hour.
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This photo attached is of daily craziness already.
The traffic study of La'aloa and Alii Drive, the slowest month of last year 2021, October
as Ironman was cancelled was 8,712 CARS DAILY ON ALII DRIVE.
If we need to evacuate,the problem is KUAKINI HIGHWAY!! THE TWO LANES IS w.
A DEADLOCK SITUATION! BOTTLENECK SITUATION!!
I attached the Kuakini Hwy Draft EA of 2013!
It reads, " THERE WOULD BE NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IF KUAKINI
HIGHWAY WERE WIDENED TO FOUR LANES BETWEEN HUALALAI AND ALPI HIGHWAY.
THE PROJECT WOULD INCREASE HIGHWAY CAPACITY AND DECREASE CONGESTION!!
(ALPI HIGHWAY HAS IMPACTS AND STOPPED 10 TIMES DUE TO HISTORICAL DISTRICTS,
BURIALS AND CAVES). KUAKINI SHOULD NOT BE HELD UP FURTHER, IT A MATTER
OF NOT IF BUT WHEN WE GET A MEGA TSUNAMI.
TSUNAMI IS TRIGGERED BY EARTHQUAKES AND NOW WE NOW KNOW VOLCANO.
MAUNA LOA IS THE MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO OF THIS PLANET!! ITS RIGHT HERE!!
PLEASE STEP UP TO THIS OR WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF DEATH SITUATION.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ESCAPE SAFELY AND WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO EVACUATION PLANS EITHER.
MAHALO!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!
Simmy McMichael
Kailua Kona
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