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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> June 16, 1498 RECEIVED <br /> }1me--- - b1 By. - <br /> Date----------- <br /> To whom it may concern: County Council <br /> <br /> Regarding Bill 245 that calls for reducing the speed on Waianuenue Ave. (in the <br /> Piihonua area) from 35 to 25 miles per hour (mph), I would like to go on record as being <br /> against reducing the speed limit. <br /> I live on Waianuenue and have lived there for thirty-eight years. I have raised <br /> four children on that street and I have seen it change as the community has grown. Very <br /> frequently I sit on my front porch in the afternoon watching the day light fade into dark. <br /> I want to emphasize "frequently", because I do not think anyone in the neighborhood <br /> spends more time on his or her front porch than I do. From my porch I see many cars and <br /> trucks and motorcycles and occasionally a pedestrian or two. I can tell you that almost <br /> everyone seems very well behaved. Occasionally a car goes by too fast. It does appear <br /> to me that it is the same people that go too fast. However, they are not being recklessly <br /> fast. A very, very few appear to be reckless. For the most part, people recognize the <br /> area as residential and respect the speed limit <br /> Piihonua was, and still is, a residential neighborhood. The road passing through it <br /> is substandard and that is a separate problem, which confuses the issue. The issue of <br /> speed verses risk is as valid here as anywhere. That brings me to my point: Waianuenue <br /> today is a main commuting route! <br /> 35mph is a reasonable speed that allows normal drivers opportunity to react to a <br /> normal emergency. 25 mph is a "proceed under extreme caution" speed as in a school <br /> zone. It is unfair to impose a 25mph limit on all those people who must pass through our <br /> section of Waianuenue just to pacify a relatively small number of complainants. I could <br /> support such a move if a link between the posted 35mph limit can be clearly made with <br /> the cause of the unstated problems some people are concerned about. Also, will a sign <br /> with a 25 on it slow down those few who insist on going 45 mph all the time, or the <br /> occasional reckless driver who has something else on his or her mind besides how fast <br /> they are going? Those of us, who do abide with 35mph now, do so because it is <br /> reasonable. <br /> Piihonua is no longer the exclusive neighborhood in the cane fields. We are part <br /> of a larger community now. Our road must serve the needs of that larger community. <br /> If speed is the problem, enforce the 35mph speed limit we have. If the condition <br /> road is the problem, it requires a different solution. <br /> <br /> <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> Annette E. Jensen <br /> 1666 Waianuenue Ave. <br /> <br /> 1MIe No. TRF - <br /> rr~2WW cceo~C1 <br /> > . TW -M <br />