05-02-2011, 12:01 PM
quote:Again, as Rob and others have pointed out, it is not "self-centeredness" or "resisting growth" that is the issue for the people (that I know) who support the PCDP. The issue, as we have tried to explain, apparently unsuccessfully, is the location.
There are plenty of NIMBY's who feel that now they have theirs that all growth should stop. How self-centered. Growth happens and steering growth is important and productive; resisting growth is not.
The PCDP goal was to create town, village and local centers that would preclude the strip-mallification of Highway 130. Auli'i is essentially a random corner on 130, not anything resembling a "center." If KTA is permitted to place their complex on the corner of Auli'i, even if it is landscaped, it's still a random corner of 130, touted by the owners who want to make money off of it. That's fine for them, but not for Puna. The complex will inevitably cause other developments to metastasize around it. This is not a village center or anything resembling a center.
And I really don't like stop lights on highways. Beyond the annoyance and waste of gas to go from 55 to stop and back up again, a highway stop light is a great place to be rear-ended. If KTA lands in a village center off 130, given the traffic it will generate, another roundabout like the one planned for Kahakai should be required.
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