09-24-2018, 04:11 AM
all discussion has completely stopped about potential access
What is County's financial incentive? Without the hefty taxes from high-value waterfront real estate, there is simply not enough revenue to cover the cost of construction.
Part of the problem (again, still) is that County only has one definition of "road", and it's at least $1M/mile to build -- not counting the cost of removing all the lava down to the original roadway elevation. Roads over the top of the lava would be far less expensive, especially if they were unpaved, and even cheaper if they were dressed in crushed rock made in-place from the lava itself -- but County Code requires expensive construction.
Didn't we just get a GET surcharge for "transportation projects"? Oh, right, that was "reallocated" for other projects elsewhere on the island. Maybe if we let them tax us some more?
What is County's financial incentive? Without the hefty taxes from high-value waterfront real estate, there is simply not enough revenue to cover the cost of construction.
Part of the problem (again, still) is that County only has one definition of "road", and it's at least $1M/mile to build -- not counting the cost of removing all the lava down to the original roadway elevation. Roads over the top of the lava would be far less expensive, especially if they were unpaved, and even cheaper if they were dressed in crushed rock made in-place from the lava itself -- but County Code requires expensive construction.
Didn't we just get a GET surcharge for "transportation projects"? Oh, right, that was "reallocated" for other projects elsewhere on the island. Maybe if we let them tax us some more?