Jen Ruggles, Kanealii-Kleinfelder, and Wirick

[Rob Tucker]

One thing the PCDP did, which I worked on, has been to preclude commercial development of Hwy. 130 and prevent it being a string of strip malls. That did not accomplish everything for sure but if Hwy 130 was commercially developed we would have had a Route 66 situation which would kill Pahoa Village among others. The CoH is is still an obstacle to commercial village centers but it will only be private sector investors that build them. The PCDP is merely a plan for development.

An alternate route for Puna is supported in the PCDP but it is not the PCDP that will build it eventually. The PCDP also is in a position to undercut expressed plans for a "new subdivision" for displaced property owners from the lava disaster.

So, Kalakoa, you may be unhappy that some things are not done as yet but it is not the PCDP that would be a developer. PCDP is not a developer.