12-28-2013, 03:27 AM
"then Helco is granted an easement and comes along and tosses up high tensions power lines on that approved type of roadway."
Seems highly unlikely, don't hold your breath. The Ka'ohe Homesteads are about 2.5 miles from the poles at the Pahoa schools and about 2 miles from the PGV lines that run along Cemetery Road. There's never been even a hint that Helco has any interest whatsoever in "tossing up" power lines in the many decades of the Homesteads existence.
When the county did the marvelous two lane paving job on part of the Ka'ohe Homesteads Road, there was speculation that the RCC had done some back room encouragement for the larger roadway in order to support development of their 1100+ acre parcel that the Homesteads road passes through. But even with the obvious financial incentives for development (and, one supposes, financial need on the RCC's part) nothing has ever come of it. Even if Government Road is eventually paved, rural electrification is likely not in the cards for it either.
Seems highly unlikely, don't hold your breath. The Ka'ohe Homesteads are about 2.5 miles from the poles at the Pahoa schools and about 2 miles from the PGV lines that run along Cemetery Road. There's never been even a hint that Helco has any interest whatsoever in "tossing up" power lines in the many decades of the Homesteads existence.
When the county did the marvelous two lane paving job on part of the Ka'ohe Homesteads Road, there was speculation that the RCC had done some back room encouragement for the larger roadway in order to support development of their 1100+ acre parcel that the Homesteads road passes through. But even with the obvious financial incentives for development (and, one supposes, financial need on the RCC's part) nothing has ever come of it. Even if Government Road is eventually paved, rural electrification is likely not in the cards for it either.