HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0997.024 2006-2008
Harold Murata
PO Box 1752
Kealakekua, HI 96750
April 22, 2008
Hawaii County Council
25 Aupurni St.,
Hilo, Hawaii, 96720
&"o t: OW 236
Dear Council Merriberr.
Bill 236, which proposes to open Halsko Street from the Mamalahoa Bypass to
Mamalahoa Highway, needs further farrnulation to achieve the objective of smooth traffic
flow on Marrtalahos Highway. Opening Haleldi Street now is an invitation to problematic
outcoffm.
Cars will still crawl through Kainaiiu to get jammed at Halskii Street irdersec lion. cars that
avoided Kainaliu to use the bypass will atso'get jammed on Halekii Street before the
intersection.
The logjam situation will wreak ingress-egress movements for the business and residential
communities in the vicinity. Safe driveway access would be exacerbated by the chengs in
road classification from a subdirision Toad to a thoroughfare road.
The modified geometry of HaMW Sbeetnnd igation as planned is haphazard and needs
further analysis even as a test, and certainly more as a permanent connector highway.
A better aibemative is a combination of two new alignments (see bade side of sheet). One
is to erdend the existing Bypass onto Onouli-Skeet at Konawasne Elementary School.
Also, this helps progress to Napoopoo Juneau sooner. The ather is to build a new
connector from the Bypass through the yurmlgata property to Mamalahoa Highway. An
importartt advardage is that it3ese now needs can be built to connector road safety
standards. Another is #md it. flow on Msmalahoa Highway and local circulation can be
managed O%cUveby with three for8 two-mile stretch in Keatakelwa. And, safety
concerns for residents an Hal" Street can be addressed with adequate n ess<res for the
short and long tern.
I conclude by saying: focus on the mnpletion of the Mamalahoe Bypass irmnediately for
true benefits sooner.
Sincerely,
Comma No 1.
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