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Araujo, Jaclyn <br />From: Sally Cheung <sa[cheung@hawaii.rr.com, <br />Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 3.01 PM <br />To: LPCtestimony <br />Subject: Oppose Item 42, Applicant Shawn Maile NdkOa, Esq. (PL-REZ-2022-000017), TMK. (3) <br />7-7-008062 <br />Aloha Planning Commission, thank you for your time <br />I oppose this application for the many reasons. But the overriding objection I would like to state is the failure <br />of the county to expand north -south traffic corridors. <br />Expanding residential housing south of Kona and thereby adding more auto traffic to the overburdened <br />Kuakini Highway or Ali 'I Drive is irresponsible. There is nothing but "Grid Lock" between Kamehameha III and <br />Lako Street as you should be aware of and should be a priority for this Planning Department. Why would <br />anyone consider adding additional traffic to this unsafe highway. Emergency vehicles often have a hard time <br />passing the completely stopped highway during rush hour traffic; in the morning and afternoon/evening. <br />The Ali'i Parkway has not been completed and it is generally well know that it will NEVER be completed due to <br />"sacred burial site(s) that were discovered during early excavation. That would solve a lot of the problem if <br />these burial sites could be respectfully and honorably moved to allow the parkway to be completed. But that <br />does not appear to be possible. <br />And it doesn't seem the widening of Kuakini Highway/Queen Kaahumanu Highway between Kamehameha 11 <br />and Lako Street will happen. It would be a nightmare if that ever did as the construction would likely <br />completely close a portion of that north -south corridor leaving only Ahi Drive to exist for a year of <br />construction. Nightmare! <br />Please oppose any new development around Kona until additional north -south traffic infrastructure is <br />completed and in place. <br />Thank you, <br />Hin and Sally Cheung <br />77-178 Kapukapu Street <br />Kailua-Kona, HI <br />rd et a bYY <br />rdunu� <br />=s-ri <br />