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Eoff, Karen
From: Pete Petersen [pete-kkcc@hawaii.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 2:37 PM
To: Eoff, Karen
Subject: Palamanui
In the past few weeks I have read several newspaper articles regarding the proposed Palamanui development.
One of the issues is the future location of the Univ of Hawaii /Community College. A representative of the County
stated that the current master plan for Kona is to locate all development as close to the town center as passible,
and therefore the County is in favor of the site below Kealakehe high school.
Kona is currently extremely congested for two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening. If we continue
to keep development close to the town center, we will add to the congestion. I think the County position is wrong,
and I will encourage organizations such as the Hawaii Leeward Planning Committee to address this issue with the
County. Long term planning should envision moving development away from the center of town to remove the
congestion.
Another issue is adequate roads. As mentioned above, the Kona area is already heavily congested. We need
more roads -main highways and connector roads. The Palamanui development will complete a connector road
from Kaiminani to Palamanui, creating another road to help alleviate traffic. Also, Palamanui will have a market
and a gas station, making it much mare convenient for those living close to Kaiminani to use the mid level
connector road to drive to Palamanui for shopping and for gas. This helps alleviate traffic moving from the airport
area toward town.
In addition, the Palamanui development will work toward creating an additional connector road from the Upper
highway to the Lower highway. This creates an alternative to using Kaiminani or Hinalani, removing congestion
from those roads.
This is a great opportunity to move significant traffic out of downtown Kona, get a new and much improved
location for the Univ of Hawaii /Community College within 2 - 3 years, and create several additional roads to help
alleviate traffic congestion.
Pete Petersen
66-1519 Kawaihae Road
Kamuela, HI 96743
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