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From: Kathleen Weber
Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 1:30 PM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Bill 131-24 Testimony
Dear Council Members,
The bill Ashley Kierkiewicz is introducing is critical to the livelihood of our Puna Community.The traffic build up around
the circles in Pahoa is horrible both ways.The traffic going into Hilo adds an extra hour on my commute into Hilo in the
morning and is even worse heading back home in the evening.The traffic backs up all the way to Keaau onto Rt 130
feeding into Rt 11 heading down to Hilo in the morning commute, bumper to bumper crawling speed.The
evening commute is equally terrible backing up all the way to the police station in Pahoa to the circle heading to Hilo
and in the opposite direction Rt 11 heading to Rt 130 and then bumper to bumper crawling from Shower Rd to the 1st
circle in Pahoa. It starts as early as 3:00 in the afternoon. Something needs to be done about this. I live in HPP and just to
go into Pahoa anytime from 3:00 and after, it can take 15 minutes to get out of Makuu onto Rt 130. In my opinion this is
a very critical issue.
Kathleen Weber
15-1906 3rd Ave, HPP N e
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