HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0765.016 2008-2010Murashige, Laura
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Meizhu Lui [meizhului @gmail com]
Monday, April 05, 2010 11:38 AM
counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Roads in Limbo - County Council meeting tommorrow
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From: Meizhu Lui [meizhului @gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 11 23 AM
To: districtl @co.hawaii.hi.us, DYagong @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Re' Proposed Roads -in -Limbo Legislation
Attachments: Roads in Limbo letter.doc
Thanks Dominic!
Attached is our letter; unfortunately we will not be able to attend the meeting tomorrow.
You have done a good job keeping this issue on the map.
Best,
Meizhu Lui
2010/4/5 District 1 <districtl(u�co.hawaii.hi.us>
i Aloha Friends,
Attached you will find the legislation that will be heard on the Committee of Public Works, tomorrow
April 6, 2010. The Committee on Public Works will begin to receive testimony at 2:15 at the County
Council Room in the County Building.
You will note that Hamakua has nearly half of the inventory of roads in limbo on the entire Big Island.
This type of legislation is needed to support our neighbors that are serviced by County Roads -in- Limbo.
I would sincerely appreciate your support for this legislation.
If you have any questions, please give me a call at 961-8538. You could also email your letter of support
to councikestimony @co.lutwaii.hi.us. Copies will be distributed at the meeting only if they are received
before 12:00 noon on the business day prior to the meeting. All oral and written testimony will be
made a part of the public record.
Warmest Aloha,
4/5/2010
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April 5, 2010
P.O. Box 175
Papaaloa, HI
Dear Council of Hawaii members:
We appreciate your work on behalf of those of us who must use one of the County's "Roads in
Limbo" on daily basis. Hamakua is the District with the most roads that are not maintained,
meaning that the lives of our growing number of residents including children and the elderly
are also "in limbo." Public Works has agreed that many of these roads are not passable by
emergency vehicles. We have been fortunate so far that relative few people have suffered
serious injury or death due to the condition of the roads, and we do not want to wait until
something terrible happens to get action.
Given the state of the County budget, the idea of at least providing gravel to community
residents and allowing them to spread it themselves is a good stop -gap measure, and I support
the resolution.
However, we do not want this to become a permanent program and to be seen as a final
solution, because the roads still need paving! Will new roads get paved every year, as has been
the case in the past?
Since the sugar plantations left, residents are utilizing their money and their talents to re -build
the County's economy. Land and houses have not been able to be sold due to the condition of
the roads, which means that the County is losing potential dollars from taxes and other
expenditures.
We are glad that the Council is trying to respond to our concerns, both short and long -term.
Sincerely,
Meizhu Lui and Michael O'Sullivan