06-07-2014, 02:20 AM
2014-16 CERS Report 4-23-14 w-maps is the title of the report discussed in this article: http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...ncy-routes
Reading the correspondence to the committee it seems like there is localized opposition to many of the routes, and very little funding to make them happen. Somewhere between $1 and 5 million isn't going to go very far. Public works also say they would prefer routes with no organized opposition but the boulders placed across Railroad where it hits HPP are in the report as the main impediment to that route, completely overlooking the strong opposition that will exist to any route across HPP.
Hawaii County Public Works Director Warren Lee seems to be saying this is the plan they are going with, but Marlene Hapai of the Puna CDP's Connectivity and Emergency Response subcommittee says they will continue to take public testimony, which implies things could still change. The maps that are part of the report Lee says they are adopting, show Railroad being used on either side of HPP, but not what will happen going across HPP. People really need a firm decision to be made one way or the other so they can know what the deal is, otherwise there is a high level of uncertainty for owners of potential buyers of a broad band of properties across the center of HPP. It had always been my understanding that there were issues with Railroad in terms of both width and expired right of ways, but this plan seems to ignore that.
Carol
Reading the correspondence to the committee it seems like there is localized opposition to many of the routes, and very little funding to make them happen. Somewhere between $1 and 5 million isn't going to go very far. Public works also say they would prefer routes with no organized opposition but the boulders placed across Railroad where it hits HPP are in the report as the main impediment to that route, completely overlooking the strong opposition that will exist to any route across HPP.
Hawaii County Public Works Director Warren Lee seems to be saying this is the plan they are going with, but Marlene Hapai of the Puna CDP's Connectivity and Emergency Response subcommittee says they will continue to take public testimony, which implies things could still change. The maps that are part of the report Lee says they are adopting, show Railroad being used on either side of HPP, but not what will happen going across HPP. People really need a firm decision to be made one way or the other so they can know what the deal is, otherwise there is a high level of uncertainty for owners of potential buyers of a broad band of properties across the center of HPP. It had always been my understanding that there were issues with Railroad in terms of both width and expired right of ways, but this plan seems to ignore that.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb