10-08-2015, 06:40 AM
Since the lava covered Apa'a Street, the residents of Ka'ohe Homesteads have spent a lot of their OWN money in the extra mileage incurred in taking the long way around, day in and day out. FEMA has not offered to help defray those costs, nor has anyone else. And until Apa'a is opened up again, we are at the mercy of all the albizia that line our only remaining exit.
On Primary Election Day, when Iselle hit, 33 large albizia fell across the road and locked us away from the polls, medical help, or access to needed goods and services. You complain about the tax dollars to be spent opening up Apa'a Street, but show no awareness that Ka'ohe residents have been paying since Oct. 25, 2014. That's a whole year. And we pay taxes too.
The lava is about 12 feet thick, and it takes a lot to break it up and move it out of the way. The old road surface underneath it will need to be repaved. And the lava covered about 1/2 a mile. Run the numbers. Better yet, ask Public Works to see a line item budget and let the rest of us know.
mahalo,
Rene
On Primary Election Day, when Iselle hit, 33 large albizia fell across the road and locked us away from the polls, medical help, or access to needed goods and services. You complain about the tax dollars to be spent opening up Apa'a Street, but show no awareness that Ka'ohe residents have been paying since Oct. 25, 2014. That's a whole year. And we pay taxes too.
The lava is about 12 feet thick, and it takes a lot to break it up and move it out of the way. The old road surface underneath it will need to be repaved. And the lava covered about 1/2 a mile. Run the numbers. Better yet, ask Public Works to see a line item budget and let the rest of us know.
mahalo,
Rene