09-08-2017, 10:06 AM
Top of keaau to stainback isn't that far of a reach.
An alternate Hilo-Keaau route only needs about a mile of new road, some of which already exists -- nor does this solve the 130 problem.
Ultimately it doesn't matter; any alternate route requires two things that we will never have at the same time: funding and political will.
Allowing development that avoids the "must drive Hilo all the time" might not fix much of the problem, but it would create enough of a circus to distract people from the issues.
An alternate Hilo-Keaau route only needs about a mile of new road, some of which already exists -- nor does this solve the 130 problem.
Ultimately it doesn't matter; any alternate route requires two things that we will never have at the same time: funding and political will.
Allowing development that avoids the "must drive Hilo all the time" might not fix much of the problem, but it would create enough of a circus to distract people from the issues.