12-25-2020, 08:10 PM
A news story on the road in Leilani Estates:
“Some of them wanted fissure 8 to be a park, or just a geological feature, without any human development,” Golden said, adding that others have argued that Estes has a right to do what he wants on his own property. “I can see both sides...
... the association is still awaiting a ruling about the road from the county. Furthermore, Golden worries that Estes’ actions set a precedent for other residents to cut their own potentially dangerous roads across lava on their own properties.
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/12/...fissure-8/
Or potentially not dangerous? It's probably difficult to convince all of the property owners in Leilani that clearing a road is more dangerous than the County approving a subdivision in Lava Zone 1, land on which they gladly collected taxes for decades that recently spouted dozens of active fissures. If I owned property there, a road which provided access might be a ways down my top ten list of past and potential dangers.
“Some of them wanted fissure 8 to be a park, or just a geological feature, without any human development,” Golden said, adding that others have argued that Estes has a right to do what he wants on his own property. “I can see both sides...
... the association is still awaiting a ruling about the road from the county. Furthermore, Golden worries that Estes’ actions set a precedent for other residents to cut their own potentially dangerous roads across lava on their own properties.
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2020/12/...fissure-8/
Or potentially not dangerous? It's probably difficult to convince all of the property owners in Leilani that clearing a road is more dangerous than the County approving a subdivision in Lava Zone 1, land on which they gladly collected taxes for decades that recently spouted dozens of active fissures. If I owned property there, a road which provided access might be a ways down my top ten list of past and potential dangers.