01-12-2015, 10:55 AM
Almost true. Long's and Burger King got as close to the highway as the PCDP would allow... good for them. But they did not get access ON the highway.
The PCDP position is based on this: The single largest item of input from the residents was to keep Puna a rural place. The best single way the Land Use Group could find to achieve this goal was to protect the districts highways and byways from San Fernando style strip mall development. Thus the Village Center method of development was preferred. Allowing selected village centers to develop made sense on several levels but a main one was to, as much as practical, have the traveling experience through the district to remain as non commercial as possible.
It was in that manner that a super market proposal for Aulii was resisted.
So to date the PCDP has had effect in meeting the criteria provided by the residents by inhibiting commercialization of Hwy 130.
The PCDP position is based on this: The single largest item of input from the residents was to keep Puna a rural place. The best single way the Land Use Group could find to achieve this goal was to protect the districts highways and byways from San Fernando style strip mall development. Thus the Village Center method of development was preferred. Allowing selected village centers to develop made sense on several levels but a main one was to, as much as practical, have the traveling experience through the district to remain as non commercial as possible.
It was in that manner that a super market proposal for Aulii was resisted.
So to date the PCDP has had effect in meeting the criteria provided by the residents by inhibiting commercialization of Hwy 130.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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