01-07-2017, 05:44 PM
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Originally posted by Kapoho Joe
Why doesn't HPP surrender all its' roads to the County? What is the benefit by keeping them 'private'?
County can't afford to maintain all those roads.. they don't want them. If people get used to county maintained roads.. then they are going to want other County infrastructure. And the county surely couldn't afford that either..
The way I see it, as someone who lives in Hilo.. not Puna.. is that
Subdivisions like HPP are going through growing pains.
The population paying for road maintenence.. needs to pay more..There are more miles of roads than there are people.
There just aren't enough people out there paying into the funds to
Pay for the work needed. Last time I checked skilled road builders don't work for minimum wage... and material isn't free for the taking. And equiptment cost money to run and maintain.
On the other side of the coin.. (again from an outsiders view).. the people that do control what funds there are. seem to have the best maintained roads...