02-26-2023, 01:47 PM
the terms they are asking for in the lease
This is what you get when all the prime commercial real estate is controlled by developers: rent that small local businesses can't afford. Remember what happened to Pahoa Feed & Fertilizer?
That said, I think site #2 would be ideal if there were some road improvements, but County avoids those when possible, so we'll get a less-optimal site that doesn't require additional road. The traffic problems will happen anyway when site #2 is eventually developed, such as with a Home Depot or Lowe's or "neighborhood" Wal-Mart with built-in Starbuck's.
Punchline: all these proposed sites are still at the end a 2-lane highway that's well beyond its carrying capacity. Maybe they can reduce the speed limit to 35 like they did in Kurtistown. I find it ironic that County wants to build a library there, contributing to the congestion problem while also refusing to create an alternate route.
This is what you get when all the prime commercial real estate is controlled by developers: rent that small local businesses can't afford. Remember what happened to Pahoa Feed & Fertilizer?
That said, I think site #2 would be ideal if there were some road improvements, but County avoids those when possible, so we'll get a less-optimal site that doesn't require additional road. The traffic problems will happen anyway when site #2 is eventually developed, such as with a Home Depot or Lowe's or "neighborhood" Wal-Mart with built-in Starbuck's.
Punchline: all these proposed sites are still at the end a 2-lane highway that's well beyond its carrying capacity. Maybe they can reduce the speed limit to 35 like they did in Kurtistown. I find it ironic that County wants to build a library there, contributing to the congestion problem while also refusing to create an alternate route.