01-06-2007, 12:24 AM
Rob
Improved access to lower Puna is inevitable and necessary. We own property on 4th in HPP.
There is a way to improve access without creating new roads across HPP.
1. Extend 130 as 4 lane LIMITED access to just past Makuu.
2. Establish TWO new roads to the sea on either side of HPP. Hilo side and Pahoa side.
Establish these as future 4 lane but build them as two lane.
3. Extend selected dead ends from Kaloli and Makuu to these side roads. If too much objection from deadenders, extend ALL HPP roads.
4. Use Pahoa side new road to create an extension to Hawaian Beaches, Nanawale and Leilani and futher, to Kapaho.
5. This preserves 130 past Makuu as forever 2 lane and it preserves the Red Road as forever a rural road.
6. Provides escape route for lower Puna in times of trouble.
7. All of the needed land is vacant and since Shipman land is valued by the state at a few dollars per acre, cost should be cheap. (tongue firmly in cheek)
Improved access to lower Puna is inevitable and necessary. We own property on 4th in HPP.
There is a way to improve access without creating new roads across HPP.
1. Extend 130 as 4 lane LIMITED access to just past Makuu.
2. Establish TWO new roads to the sea on either side of HPP. Hilo side and Pahoa side.
Establish these as future 4 lane but build them as two lane.
3. Extend selected dead ends from Kaloli and Makuu to these side roads. If too much objection from deadenders, extend ALL HPP roads.
4. Use Pahoa side new road to create an extension to Hawaian Beaches, Nanawale and Leilani and futher, to Kapaho.
5. This preserves 130 past Makuu as forever 2 lane and it preserves the Red Road as forever a rural road.
6. Provides escape route for lower Puna in times of trouble.
7. All of the needed land is vacant and since Shipman land is valued by the state at a few dollars per acre, cost should be cheap. (tongue firmly in cheek)