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€urashi~e, Laura
From: Isbell, Virginia
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005'3:23 P~s1
To: ~liga, Stacy
Subject: FW: Sufolk-Fuse
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Froe~s: Bob Ward [mailto:rgward007@hawaii.rc-.com]
Sent: Monday, 3une 13, 2005 2:33 PM
'1<0: Isbell, Virginia
Subject: Sufolk-Puna
ail®ha 4~%6°girPia,
recently sub~ritte~ the a:ttach~ct writt ~ testirreony t® the Planning C®mrrrittee. !t
specificlly rel~t~s tc the ~u~lk and Pua' ~eveloprrrents. I w®ulcf like t® draw y®ur
attenticsrr to the secc~nc~ page I h~ae it is viable alternative t® fuming infrastructure
fltr®ugl~ this er any ~tl3er~ ~e~ etevelo~r»~ t where z®ning changes will perereit a lamer
~c~ulati®t~.
facing the clrr®nic fuming liniltati®ns n tlae public sector t'®r infrastructure, 1 believe
we have t® seals a .graater inv®lvernent fr ~ tyre private capital rnarlsets, I have seen:
several types capital inv~:~tment, when waiving a fixed nur~rber ~f payments
pr®vi~e~-all t`h~ incentive ~ree~ec~ ley ®~+rr~ rs and bevel®pers t® irriplee~rent the
expenditures.
Ft®bert !Ward
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6/13/2005
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prepared by: =..J ci~i,;' ~ ; ~:~~i ~
Robert Ward `
~~-652 Ho'olaupa'i St '~i.:.
Kailua Kona, ~QI 960
I am grateful for the opport nity to share my concerns related to the
direct impact and indirect effects hat the proposed developments will have
on traffic safety a~sd ~onges~ion. I Dope that the Plan-Wing Committee and
County Council wiiQ consider then issues.
Highway I~n~a~ts phis proposal's presumption of minimal impacts is
premare, LS~~ has>programs~ed a minimum of $43miBlion for
irnprovemea~ts to this segment of he highway (between Henry Stand King
Karneh;~naeha li!) through its pavi g program and phase III of the capacity
improvements for this Lit~ited ~c ess l-lighway. yllith®t~t ®®i"'s design, the
real i€~-pacts can not be dete€~rnined. ~~CC~~I~I]~,7'I®l~I: C~~~R
~I~P~£~~,~L !~l'~fiiL I~~T S`T~;SLI I°°!~S QiQGH~Y CieSIGN.
I~ronta~~ Ir2oa~ phis feature is usully a positive attri-bate to minimize
conger#ion. ~s prop~ssed, it will o ly serve to funnel traffic generated by
the development on #o the h~ghwa~. ~'he current design will not provide any
relief for existing traffic. QCC~~1~~3°I~1~: ImX~~C ~R®IVT'AC~~ ~®AC
l'~aAl'~I I~Aile.U~ ~l~C LA O S~`~~~T'.
Intersection the location of the pr posed access to Igualani estates and
Q~ualani Village will compromises fety and exacerbate the traffic flow and
on Queen Ka'ahurnanu 3~~ghway. he position near the bottom of the
existing grad-sent wii~ reclu-ire soot iaound vehicles to brake while traveling
downhilQ. 1'i~is placement is ill adv sed un-der the best conditions.
Q~orth~s~~nd vehicles will have to ccelerate up the gradient, which will
'further ira~ped~ traffic fl®w. ~"he c~-rent intersection has no operating
signal, which permits maximum eak flow. four-way signaled
intersection cold reduce this co dition as much as 50 percent. (phis
would be roughly twice as much s a three-way signaled intersection.)
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CIR~CTLY i~~ I~~~L~,l~i 4~It.LA, C~~l~~I~.
pedest€~ians 1°he safety of pedestr ans that might cross Queen Ka'ahumanu
Qiighw~y has dot been ade~~ately addressed. Q~~CCC9~ElI~IV®~TI®!~:
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~IJ~L,,l VILI-Af~~ CIV`l°ff~.
Additional Roads There are several ways to calculate required miles of
road. The simplest method takes an estimated population of 160,000 using
1,393 miles of public roads. This mandates one mile of road for every 115
people. (More analytical methods could yield a higher number.) This simple
method implies that a development that increases population by 1,000
would need to provide over 8 miles of new public road.
RECCOMENDATION: REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC
ROADS. THIS COULD BE AN EXTENDED FRONTAGE ROAD, A 4-LANE
SEGMENT OF QUEEN KA'AHUMANU HIGHWAY, A CONNETION TO ALIT
DRIVE OVER COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY FROM KAHAKAI ESTATES, OR
EVEN A SEGMENT OF THE KAHALUI-KEAUHOU PARKWAY.
Funding There are several innovative means of assisting a developer to
finance the additional roads. RECCOMENDATION: CONSIDER A VERSION
OF ENTERPRISE FUNDING. FIVE TO TEN YEARS OF WAIVED PROPERTY
TAXES COULD FUND THE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS. COUNTY COULD USE
ITS FINANCIAL POSITION TO SECURE LOAN GUARANTEES FOR THE
DEVELOPER IF NECESSARY TO PROVIDE CASH FLOW.