01-25-2024, 09:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-25-2024, 09:55 PM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
Aaron - thanks for posting your letter
Chunkster - thanks for the Civil Beat link
From Civil Beat:
Hilo resident ———- ——- described the PMAR plan as “an act of colonialism and racism” that pits Hawaiians in Puna against Hawaiians in the Hilo area. “That is not pono,” she said.
OK.
Wasn’t it the colonial oppressors who established DHHL in 1921?
Didn't the Puna branch of the Hawaii Consolidated Railroad (the railroad in Railroad Ave) complete construction between 1900-1902? Before DHHL existed?
When the railroad was abandoned, how did the current owners take possession of the right of way? Handshake? $1 sale?
Hypothetically, if Shipman was agreeable, couldn’t the entire alternate highway avoid Hilo DHHL land by reconnecting with Hwy 11 near or even after Macadania Nut Road? Then merge into Hwy 11 and continue into Hilo with 3 lanes? For southbound traffic there are already 4 stop and go lights that could provide left turn lanes to the new alternate route in and around Keaau town.
DHHL land isn’t required for the project. There’s no plausible reason for DHHL property owners and their council people to block the study. Other than what, spite?
Chunkster - thanks for the Civil Beat link
From Civil Beat:
Hilo resident ———- ——- described the PMAR plan as “an act of colonialism and racism” that pits Hawaiians in Puna against Hawaiians in the Hilo area. “That is not pono,” she said.
OK.
Wasn’t it the colonial oppressors who established DHHL in 1921?
Didn't the Puna branch of the Hawaii Consolidated Railroad (the railroad in Railroad Ave) complete construction between 1900-1902? Before DHHL existed?
When the railroad was abandoned, how did the current owners take possession of the right of way? Handshake? $1 sale?
Hypothetically, if Shipman was agreeable, couldn’t the entire alternate highway avoid Hilo DHHL land by reconnecting with Hwy 11 near or even after Macadania Nut Road? Then merge into Hwy 11 and continue into Hilo with 3 lanes? For southbound traffic there are already 4 stop and go lights that could provide left turn lanes to the new alternate route in and around Keaau town.
DHHL land isn’t required for the project. There’s no plausible reason for DHHL property owners and their council people to block the study. Other than what, spite?