05-02-2011, 06:10 AM
Most of us who oppose this location for a KTA are realistic enough to know that population growth in Puna is a given. It's going to happen. What troubles me about this location is the door it will open for typical LA/Houston/Atlanta suburban sprawl along Highway 130. That road is already being expanded by a State DOT hell-bent on inflicting the Honolulu model of transportation development on us. IMHO, our only hope for minimizing the ill effects of such a transport model is to control the commercial development that will follow it.