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WAIANUENUE-KAUMANA DRIVE AND .a
GILBERT GARVALHO'S PARK
ANTICIPATED SUGGESTED PROJECT.
- - - _ BY: -FRANCIS L. HENEVIDES~SR. - _ _ _ _ r
VOLUNTEER, TRAFFIC SAFETY ~
COORDINATOR
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ADDENDUM
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ENTRANCE TO GILBERT CARVALHO'S PARK WILL
PERMIT TRAFFIC ENTERING THE PARK FACING
SOUTH ENTERING FROM THE LANE PROTRUDING
FROM THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
ALLOWING THF.. ENTRANCE TO THE PERK WILL
PRUDENTLY BE SAFER MAKING THE LEFT TURN
ON WAIANUENUE STREET IN THE AREA OF THE
PARK.
ANOTHER SUGGESTION IS THAT SINCE THIS
PARK HAVE BEEN A VERY POPULAR RECREATIONAL
AREA NOT ONLY FOR SPORTS, BUT FOR OTHER
EVENTFUL ACTIVITIES.
THE ENTRANCE LANE INTO AND EXITING FROM
THE PARK SHOULD BEWIDENED TO ALLOW SAFE
USAGE OF THIS STREET. ALSO, A SP.FER AREAS
FOR SHOULDERS ADHERING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE
OF ALLOWABLE SHOULDER WIDTHS. PRESENTLY,
VEHICLES ARE PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THIS
ENTRANCE TO THE PARK BY ALMOST PARKING ON
THE LANE WITH NOT ENOUGH SPACE AS A SHOULDER
PARKING. -
MAINTAIN THE STREAM WITH PROPER EXOTIC PLANTS
AND WHITE AND YELLOW GINGER. THIS WILL HELP
TO BEAUT-Y THE STREAM THAT FLOWS NORTH TO THE
END.
ADDED NOTE: WHAT YOUR WRITER IS SUGGESTING IS
A SAFER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL PARK AND SURROUNDING
AREA.
IN FORMATIONAL DATE:
IN THE PAST YEARS ~ LATTER 1800' S ~ TTdEj$~`IES .
THIRTIES, THE VASTLY-GROWN TREES TO THE
RIGYT OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK WAS
mAE-RVENT AREA OF THE "HOLY GHOST FEAST"
CONDUCTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF KAUMANA.
IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THIS AREA BE DEVELOPF,D
ENVIRONMENTALLY SO THAT THyIj~"~$RY~~~~ipORTAIdT
EVENT CA'N BE P,EE'STA?LISHED~ ALSO AS A COMMUNITY
RESIDENTIAL CULTUR~tL CENTER FOR THE RESIDENTS
OF KAUMANA.
Francis L. Benevides, Sr.
P.O. Box 1877
Hilo, Hawaii 96721
ITEM OF IMPORTANT CONCERN
RECENTLY, CONSTRUCTION WAS MADE FOR
THE WHEELCHAIR HANDICAP, ESPECIALLY,
VETERANS OF A MACADAM LANE FROM THE
AREA CALLED "ARC OF HILO" TO THE
BRIDGE ENTERING RAINBOW DRIVE.
WHILE I COMPLIMENT THOSE WHO HAD
THE VISION FOR THIS PROJECT UNDER THE
"ADA" FUNDING AND PROGRAM.
WHILE TRAVELLING ON THAT AREA, I
NOT?CE A HANDICAP WHEELCHAIR PERSON
USING THE LANE. TWO THINGS HAPPENED
THAT ME VERY AWARE THAT WITH THE PRESENT
TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION, THERE IS LITTLE
PROTECTION FOR THESE PEOPLE, AS THE
MOTORIST AHEAT' OF MF WAS FORCED TO
prrLL TO THE LANE BECAT7E THE ONCOMING
MOTORIST WAS nRI~SING T00_PAST AND IN:
" "FaRMS WAY" TO THE MOTORIST AHEAD Or' ME
AAT1> THE HANDICAP.
I PERSONALLY PRESENTED THIS INCIDENT TO
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I SUGGESTED
THAT MACADAM PROTECTORS BE LAID PARALELL
TO THE LANE. THEY WOULII NOT_ACCEPT', THIS
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"IDEA", STATING THAT THE STATUTES STATES
THAT TYPE OF PROTECTION WOULD THEN BECOME
A SIDEWALK. SOMEHOW, I DO NOT AGREE WITH
THEIR METHOD OF DELINEATORS. "AN OUNCE
OF PROTECTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE".
THIS LANE STOPS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE
BRIDGE WITH NO LANE TO CONTINUE ON.
ANOTHER NOTE OF CONCERN IS THAT AFTER THE
VETERANS CARE HOME IS OPERABLE, MANY OF
^pF,HANDICAP VETERANS WITH WHEELCHAIR WOULD
LIKF TO GO ON THIS MACADAM LANE TO THE PARg,
THINK ABOUT IT, WE OWE TO THEM FOR THEIR
SAFETY.
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