12-03-2005, 11:39 PM
Aloha Dave, This totally depends on your subdivision and it's association, CCR's or the lack thereof. Contact your association if you have one, see if they will look at your particular site. As often as not, they will blow you off, and any local road maintainence is pretty much up to you. This is the case in my neighborhood, (Unit 1,
Leilani) where each owner is responsible (or not), for their own front footage. I have actually poured concrete in the roadway several hundred feet from my lot, just to fix a deep crack that I cussed every time I ran over it. I asked some of my neighbors about helping out in maintainance and most have refused, saying how the bad roads keep out the riff and the raff-(nobody comes down this crappy road unless they have good reason)- and I guess I have to agree, it's nice and quiet on my street, everyone driving nice and slow to save their suspension, and I must admit, we don't get many strangers, and my neighborhood does seem safer than my "paved neighbors". Once you know where all the bumps and divots are, you learn to avoid them and have a fairly smooth ride home. I must say that a lot of Big Island roads are much better than they were in the 1980's. I used to live on "G" in the 'acres (Hawaiian Acres) in the 80's, and it always took about 1/2 hour to get from the highway the 6 miles to home.(No paving then), Coming home from town, we used to pop the first beer leaving the highway, and by the time we got home, at least 1/2 hour later, we'd be totally blitzed. Oh those good old days! :-)
Edited by - leilaniguy on 12/04/2005 15:10:10
Edited by - leilaniguy on 12/04/2005 15:27:09
Leilani) where each owner is responsible (or not), for their own front footage. I have actually poured concrete in the roadway several hundred feet from my lot, just to fix a deep crack that I cussed every time I ran over it. I asked some of my neighbors about helping out in maintainance and most have refused, saying how the bad roads keep out the riff and the raff-(nobody comes down this crappy road unless they have good reason)- and I guess I have to agree, it's nice and quiet on my street, everyone driving nice and slow to save their suspension, and I must admit, we don't get many strangers, and my neighborhood does seem safer than my "paved neighbors". Once you know where all the bumps and divots are, you learn to avoid them and have a fairly smooth ride home. I must say that a lot of Big Island roads are much better than they were in the 1980's. I used to live on "G" in the 'acres (Hawaiian Acres) in the 80's, and it always took about 1/2 hour to get from the highway the 6 miles to home.(No paving then), Coming home from town, we used to pop the first beer leaving the highway, and by the time we got home, at least 1/2 hour later, we'd be totally blitzed. Oh those good old days! :-)
Edited by - leilaniguy on 12/04/2005 15:10:10
Edited by - leilaniguy on 12/04/2005 15:27:09