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TEST"VIONY OF JOi N 11AR1 "h°'°`"
RESOLUTION 311 06 ' 121-- a'cZr
C. My narty, is John Harris. f4 y, ai'fe and I a rr. Hawaii Ccunv resident:, and o.a'
address is 78-5920 AM Drivc, #33 . i am the chair c,f the Trt:fie 'iubaormjrnAtee, of the
Keauhou Outreach Group. My iesiin:ony this momir:4, is in Sapp, rt o ti°-e idoption ,:d'
Resolution 311 06 by the Hawaii C aunty Council.
Resolv..tL)a 311 )6. i1 adeptiA directs the 17t ta:-rriei r tf I niWic Worker :o
expedite the planning and design :)f necessary vehkular and pcdc~ Lriwi sift ly
improvements on the portion of Ahi Drive from one bock n atth f its iwer;ection with
the Kamchameba III Road extend'ir g soufi for aboul erne mi'.c ter; t to irte Section of Alii
Drive with phase 1 of the Hokul irr Bypass road.
The sesr.tent of A1ii Drive t w is t`re sub,ect ifRoso lution . i 1 01- h.-;s been 'n
place for rnkny • cars and war, orlEgiis iy dasitgred 'o serve the Koi a County Club, Iotels,
other businesses and residences a^ Eei°abcu Bay and three cordon,initan prnjecis with
entrances on Alii Drive, all ofwh c1, vere constructed hefor; OP . inn; tte rcciml tirne:,,
an intersectior of Alii Driver with K Ml iia :3treel was a nstru,:b d t, pre vide vn Ali:i Drive
access for residences mauka of l,i ii Give The Ke.nuhou Be:i ar:: , m( bu,fir -the hotel
?h:crc, is scre"d Driv: via is it er;-xetion ~i!ti Val:yio: =Jii; tt:n - Ch entire area
involved herd i;: within Kcauhon
Thsou;jioui its history. A' i D'rivc in Kcaahou leas se-t ed p+isn;,ril y r in loet I
rand, butch c rir;-nmstance.urill cf,n. I re drimati:allu vi-hem tl fira Aver of'th,> NnLnlia
Bypass road is opened to the putd e. I will change eve t rant:, wh: a the first phase of the
Alii ParkweN In-vecn K_csuhou iric I c-ko Street ie Coriplel:e:i Ir t x- Jive of 30 year i that
the Kcauhou community has been s'u i', in,4 traffic is;u-s nca .x.nirt q to Alai V,rivr,, we
have seen estimates that half or ca >rc lCtlic vehicles now usi og M ana.ahoa Highway
through Kainaliu and Honalo will a,o;® on to Alit Owe in P.Pauh to v,a he bypass road.
Even now, the traffic volumes on Alii Drive have inert as?d ; u lice tb'y w4h chc
successful epeni,ig of the Shcratoi. cuhou Ba; Rc:A,d and Spx t ad t is cxpan:ion of
business and recreational activity n the Keauhotw 13a;t area.
But the upshot of all ofthin s hat what ha;, it pririariiy a lo:a' street is a?oul
to become an essential part of a raaj:u arterial ro idw:ry in W at H: wwr . vnd at no ti me
has this scgmcat of Alii Drive been includ,!~d in any iinpac:t s idies prepared ;n cor zection
with the B,I ess Road or the Alii PKirl:v 's.y.
This situation presents s(-,irts I ehirular:7od lie estri m st+f 'I" i sires riot ord,, I.-or
those of us wh) ive in Keaubou. ',i i ±or o'. tr rtiar,y viai:ors a ul tlr> c embzrs of the
Hawaii Counti- community as a wit . And that is aanc f rese k tint 311 06 is design.-!d ter
address.
Comm No. 0(al
Ref. To:
Rai. Dote
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In parlnculat•, the main issues xa se:, are he fe,lonvilr.tr
I. FJII cttl:e entrances o: i ,I&i Drive ha.,c litni.e3 s ltbf r -,s; an, as in b:th
directions due to cur os o hills, or hotti. e: cept `he K( r,., . C wtnt„/ Club'- main
cu.,.rr.uc_ whielh is pret.y g3--Yd +vhca l ookitt , curt but vcq pro, wtten
looking south. With tng t rolutmes of tref.'Sc• on.A l: i Dr t•, , ao,rone atlelr ?tint;
to axir from one ofthes( er.rancte wny-; tot fir~rn ICalei )l_aI a or "aluna
Stteets) will be at a s,2tsifcant risk tiara :n: ions weid< nt. 7hr. K:tleiopa +a
Sttcet irterrection wil le particularly txoublesor, u: be; tusc it to> ha> "41-Y
hntit.d sight diwmces ant Aetu cnra'ie.3 te.tan it tic I.eneiav d j events w
Hu: Sheraton. Also, t -,:r.; r t:e u.trnber o 'vet -ides _iitllir a :nyat' o:, Uailer,
horoi.ag unto A.lii Dri • rr to K.alcopal ,a °ert.
1 JAarina all hours of the. c 3.:. but especi:zlt:rot the I ne c f ttr: moaning nu',h
ho-rr, there are many pevtple; who walk. rttl or bil alo g tt.e houl,ie:rsof AH
Drv:. With high v=alu,n es of traffic cn .A ii Driv, tb. kk h, I a -vehicle on
the mad may collide , ,ii h 3, pedestna.a w b xer w it in, r,ut ; riar';edly.
1 Sp -e9ing on A.lii Dri j , it eluding drag zza%.ng in f .e w x It us of the
mr_rning) is aproblero n:nv„ but it vvi?l inci-mse a tponeatiaJ'.y with de opening
of :h:; Bypass road tui; : s raw enfurcrt:at:nt efrurt:, sn A,..PI,cr, a;, grant:'. VVe
all know, that the Police Dcpardment is st~etebed rerv thin, and that there is a
inr.it to hove much of blx,. Itopanment's attention :!.n b~- tbcuscd. ,m ene :dace -
4. it ks inevitable thatt th.. tt ttlt;c signal at he i:atetse:aion -if Alii Drive and •`be
Kamehameha III Roar. t ,i i cause congestirn, as .v, all of the Iralfic ligbis on
the Queen Ka'hurnanii I li ~hway. We w% aotmd t:, hav, r. "heaurtou cra.vl",
either in place of or in addition to the Kaio:Alin ct::+vl. ' ha 1:_eaullou e:rac,l will
rake it very difficult i lint on to Vi Dri, e 'im n Kal :icp-p : S `real, th •
ci.atrta C;otmrry Club et:F o t acondot,tif Iult a d.r inuc. Vlor i o'ten a
I,,1trllLm e n-,,) w. will beoou.. a near irnlo ssi aiI;ty .[I tile fitirc
To address these issues, the it ,nthcu aactrcur_!y 1:1: i:eve crx;1 set of protxosals
that, if put in place, will help mill -,rt:e the adtiarsc ?fI'c:•-ts of :urrrinS our seKn-ten, of sl.liii
Drive into a key part of a major atic ti i. hi;;;hwayI •rhsc; are, P -r t1* rnrst part, refer: need
in Resolution 311 06 and they in: vac:
1. Installation of a trafTi,; li i k a at the Sntur.:ect' on of Iii t ]ri .+c and Kaloivr-lpa
Street. This will gicwly xi,I Bursts and employee at ,h Sb xc to 1 and other
KeauhouSay establist(vievs in turning s;&ily onv Alin Drvt. I" will alnobe
of,3r gat benefit to Ke;=.ohar RAv ncerz whn arc le 3 : ing the lay pulling t ottl.
ra. lers
C ons truction of a dedi eto 3 walking ,tad bi:,_e Pat-k on tae rt.auka side: of Ab.i
Drve that will serve io ; al arat~ pedestoane: and l triers frorl ,'ehicular batfic
on the atterial road.
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3. Ccnstmction of tirn it!nnn our. pock-m lam s in f' nt o',:ar'.i ~mlrance
Drive, and at Kaluna It e ,t.., or construed n, of a t. ~t 9,, c en ter lane or Mii
Drve between the Kame hwaeh a III R.o id arid int!rsect or, of lli Dr: ve with
the. Hokulia Bypass rorul. Either approach would :treaty erhanc,. the sa. qty of
those turning onto Ali Prive while k aepiig Alii Drive tr ifflc flt wing a!,
smoothly as possible
4. construction of traffu- cal ing devices dW vaill al O 1,41 t]riv traffrc to
move unimpeded at t i X sted speed li Tit ;ANIC :I isco atrf, ng tl.ose wh,.
would otherwise indulge i°) speeding.
We al:>o believe that serinus ct_tsi(leratioa ihm Id be g visit to •_duci Lg the speed
limit on Alii Lirive through Kcat.iv;.t 25 iuilcz per LAM. I i ; cwr-_;]I sTcc'I lino- m nc~
area south of the Kamehameha I r 1 1'.c, i I is 35.
We arc pleased tbat tine C aunty C'cancil iv --ox;Acrv-h Reeolnt or 3 1 On. We
urge adoption of the: resolution and lb,rdt Counc Iworr,an IsF,; I to Let o m; ,derahh! help
in moving thi,; matt:cr along.