fern acres cut off

[jrw]

Water over bridge on kulan a rd

jrw

[alaskyn66]

Road now unpassable at about 9.5 mile hwy 11.

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[kalakoa]

CERS proposed an alternate egress for Fern Acres.

Cost estimated at $2M. Lots of support from elected representatives.

County "doesn't have the money".

[Midnight Rambler]

What would be the alternative route? Any other way north or east would still have to cross that same stream. You could cut a short connector over to South Kopua Road but that only gets you to 11 just above the stream. I guess that would serve if the bridge washed out completely, but it's not much use in an emergency.

[kalakoa]

I want to believe that a new alternate north-to-11 route built to current standards would include a stream crossing capable of handling this kind of deluge.

The bottom of Fern Acres does connect to Road G in Hawaiian Acres, improving G and cutting it through to Ainaloa would create a usable emergency egress.

As a practical matter, it's all irrelevant; no alternate route will be built for the same reason that it's generally impossible to build anything.