07-06-2012, 04:52 AM
There was some reference a couple months ago that said the beach road improvements were being done with geothermal funds. The original geothermal fund bill had capital improvements and that was paying for some of the Puna road work like repaving the entrance to beaches (controversial since that was being called Fred Blas' paving improvement to his house). Yagong initiated a bill to strike the capital improvements and that was passed in the council last month. Kenoi has still not signed off on it. It's kind of a double edged sword improving the beach road totally, there is a large section that is an ancient Hawaiian burial area plus several sacred areas along the way.
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*