07-20-2016, 04:36 AM
I agree with the no new roads for 20 years, other than finishing Hwy 137 from Kapoho to Richards for the PMAR. There are enough roads, the point is try to keep these island paradises, not make them island criss-cross racetracks. These highways are the old ali'i foot paths. The makaaina'na weren't allowed in the upslope areas except for work and resource gathering. Most of the traffic was canoe. Crook reported an estimated 3,000 to 8,000 canoes came out to greet his ship as it pulled into Kealakekua Bay, with uncountable paddle boards. He estimated the village at that time was over 10,000. Old Paradise is gone but the foot paths remain as highways.
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*