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In todays Tribune Heard there is a story about open up connectivity locations.In the story one of route is in Eden Roc connection to Fern Forest.I was wondering who is going to pay to bring the trail up to road? I have been on this trail and it would take thousand of dollars to make useable by a car.Then who is going to do the road work to keep it up they subdvisions who cant keep there on road up.Who is going to Help Eden Roc with all the traffic and wear and tear that this will put on the roads from people and big trucks who will be using this to save 20 miles on a round trip to hilo and lots of other miles any where you go if live in lower Fern Forest?This a good idea on paper but look at the cost to area like Eden Roc who collect road money from property owners to try to keep roads but just get by with barley keeping the majors roads up and this idea would put all this traffic on all major roads in Eden Roc.
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The link is:
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...considered
This might belong under CDP Again? topic under the PCDP subforum. It is the PDCP preparing to face the county council for the Battle Royale 2014. BYOB, prepare for entertainment not seen since the days of the Coliseum.
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Poke around County offices to see if they are using FEMA funding to put in evacuation routes, much like the Tsunami signs, routes, etc. That caught the writers interest. They more than likely have a General Plan of infrastructure written down somewhere on a 10 year plan, and how funding is to be obtained, etc.. Then there is the human lag factor... If you have an established road maintenance division, you could also look into a "shared cost" using the above mentioned funding to tie ancillary roads into those routes. But again, newer roads means more riff raff in the neighborhood, and without proper posting at the entrances, and strict, I repeat strict enforcement of the conditions posted within the community by police and community, will riff raff be deterred.
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I saw this article as well, was curious to see what others here thought of the identified routes. To me, this seems like a no-brainer, to at least get the roads done. If there are serious concerns about traffic flow through neighborhoods, the County could always gate the roads during normal activity and open the gates for emergencies, but I think some of these (like opening Railroad between HPP and Hilo) would be good to have open all the time.
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There would be fewer problems with this idea if County had a standard for non-paved roads; if the connectors were consistent with the quality of existing "private" roads, they might be "less useful" as a shortcut.
I posted the specifics in the PCDP forum if anyone is interested.
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Word is out in HPP that this is a backdoor means of pushing PMAR through a less than enthusiastic subdivision. What is hard to understand is how the supposedly informed members of this committee (which is part of the CDP process, BTW) could be ignorant of the fact that the CDP designates Railroad as a hike and bike route. Add to that the fact that the County Planning Dept. (which is overseeing the CDP enactment process) has ruled out Railroad as a road option. Very curious and likely to fail yet again, at least in regard to this portion.
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Let's see, after more than a decade of trying to get just one alternate emergency route with no success, the PCDP is going for a dozen alternate emergency routes. Looks like the PCDP got their second wind ... or the acid has kicked in.
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