01-08-2017, 10:24 AM
Was the market required to perform a traffic study before being granted a driveway onto the State highway?
The market did convince the state to fund construction of a turn lane (something most private developers would have to pay for,) and I'm sure they didn't pay for any studies, either. The traffic backup was not as bad before they started charging parking fees. The line behind the toll booth now often keeps drivers from turning in to the market driveway and thus waiting on the highway causing delays. It might help if they widened the driveway and put in additional money collecting huts.
Or is that only for mainland haoles?
I'll steal and modify a line from Orwell's Animal Farm, "All communities are equal, but some communities are more equal than others."
Having said all that, I believe Makuu is an asset to Puna. It's just that we never seem to get anything completely right around here.
The market did convince the state to fund construction of a turn lane (something most private developers would have to pay for,) and I'm sure they didn't pay for any studies, either. The traffic backup was not as bad before they started charging parking fees. The line behind the toll booth now often keeps drivers from turning in to the market driveway and thus waiting on the highway causing delays. It might help if they widened the driveway and put in additional money collecting huts.
Or is that only for mainland haoles?
I'll steal and modify a line from Orwell's Animal Farm, "All communities are equal, but some communities are more equal than others."
Having said all that, I believe Makuu is an asset to Puna. It's just that we never seem to get anything completely right around here.