10-10-2006, 05:54 PM
Well, that's kinda odd, the new saddle road will now be on the other side of the Waikaloa road down to to Kawaihae. It would seem a straight shot from Saddle road to Waikaloa road would move traffic through there faster.
Who is trying to get to where, though? Isn't the new road "realignment" for the military folks to get from Kawaihae to Pohakuloa?
Has anyone figured the costs of living in Puna and working in Kona? Exactly how many more hours do you have to work or how much more per hour do you have to get for the job in Kona to pay for the costs of getting there? A "cheaper" job in Puna may actually put more money in your pocket after all the expenses are deducted. Not to mention the less time and the less wear and tear on the car!
My head hurts with all these mainland directions. Can we call it "Hilo side" and "Kona side"? "East" and "West" don't mean anything on a round island. Then when we add in a touch of dyslexia, it gets even worse!
There is an awful lot of new rock moving going on over on the Kona side. We were there today for a conference and there was all sorts of machinery down along the coast areas between the fancy big resorts and Kailua town. New roads? New subdivisions? Hard to tell, it was rather hazy today and we didn't go over and look closely.
Who is trying to get to where, though? Isn't the new road "realignment" for the military folks to get from Kawaihae to Pohakuloa?
Has anyone figured the costs of living in Puna and working in Kona? Exactly how many more hours do you have to work or how much more per hour do you have to get for the job in Kona to pay for the costs of getting there? A "cheaper" job in Puna may actually put more money in your pocket after all the expenses are deducted. Not to mention the less time and the less wear and tear on the car!
My head hurts with all these mainland directions. Can we call it "Hilo side" and "Kona side"? "East" and "West" don't mean anything on a round island. Then when we add in a touch of dyslexia, it gets even worse!
There is an awful lot of new rock moving going on over on the Kona side. We were there today for a conference and there was all sorts of machinery down along the coast areas between the fancy big resorts and Kailua town. New roads? New subdivisions? Hard to tell, it was rather hazy today and we didn't go over and look closely.
Kurt Wilson