08-08-2012, 05:09 AM
A case can be made that there is CoH responsibility. At the time the subdivision was formed (along with many others) the laws in place required developers to do macadam road surfaces. There was specifications for thickness of gravel base and top surfaces. The then Board of Supervisors violated the ordinance by approving the subdivision without imposing the legal requirements on roads.
According to the codes at the time should have had at least two more main boulevards parallel to Makuu, Paradise and Kololi.
Fact is that at the time they started selling lots many areas had no road of any kind at all.
It was all kind of a joint venture by the county and large landowners to make maximum profit (and taxes) with minimum cost.
This has been basically ignored and swept under the rug for fifty years. To date only Dominic Yagong has recognized the liability of the CoH and is trying to move forward with a Grant-in-Aid program to begin bringing fuel tax revenues to the assistance of our private road corporations.
Dominic Yagong has also noted that the CoH owns several rock quarries and could be in a position to provide gravel at little cost.
Billy Kenoi has shown little or no interest in the subject.
According to the codes at the time should have had at least two more main boulevards parallel to Makuu, Paradise and Kololi.
Fact is that at the time they started selling lots many areas had no road of any kind at all.
It was all kind of a joint venture by the county and large landowners to make maximum profit (and taxes) with minimum cost.
This has been basically ignored and swept under the rug for fifty years. To date only Dominic Yagong has recognized the liability of the CoH and is trying to move forward with a Grant-in-Aid program to begin bringing fuel tax revenues to the assistance of our private road corporations.
Dominic Yagong has also noted that the CoH owns several rock quarries and could be in a position to provide gravel at little cost.
Billy Kenoi has shown little or no interest in the subject.
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