12-11-2017, 04:25 AM
forget commuting to Hilo and just get a job in Pahoa?
As I've said many times: if Puna is merely a "bedroom community" for Hilo, fine, put in enough road capacity to handle the commute traffic. If we "can't" have road capacity because "too expensive", fine, allow some commercial zoning in Puna so that we don't have to Drive To Hilo For Everything.
Upzoning is effectively "free" for County, it's just staff time, all the impact studies and SDCs are paid by the developers. There's even a 10-year-old PCDP that outlines "village commercial centers" ... but we're all still sitting in traffic on 130.
As I've said many times: if Puna is merely a "bedroom community" for Hilo, fine, put in enough road capacity to handle the commute traffic. If we "can't" have road capacity because "too expensive", fine, allow some commercial zoning in Puna so that we don't have to Drive To Hilo For Everything.
Upzoning is effectively "free" for County, it's just staff time, all the impact studies and SDCs are paid by the developers. There's even a 10-year-old PCDP that outlines "village commercial centers" ... but we're all still sitting in traffic on 130.