(03-01-2025, 09:16 PM)Obie Wrote: Did you read the entire article you posted a link to ?
It involved 20 trees and the cost to remove them is $75,000 and guess what ? They are still going to be cut down.
Hawaiian Electric is still going to get their entire grant of 95 million.
The Waikaloa area is the 4th most dangerous place not just those power lines.
Ummm... as HiloJulie noted, what makes some of you so sure of your opinions? Don't you care about looking dumb as a rock or does the ignorance fuel the arrogance?
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-...ower-lines
"The most dangerous power lines on Hawaiʻi Island sit just above Waikōloa Village, a stone's throw from people's backyards.
Hawaiian Electric's Wildfire Safety Strategy, submitted to the Public Utilities Commission in January, identified the power circuit above Waikōloa as having the highest wildfire risk on Big Island, and the fourth highest risk in the state overall.
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Kelly said HECO has 11 community benefits projects related to grid resilience in the works. It's prepared to front the cost for two of those partnerships that are already under contract, but that doesn't include the Wildfire Safety Advocates' project." (Waikoloa Village power lines)
Hopefully the tree clearing project will get completed one way or the other and soon, but in the mean time, the drought deepens and the winds rise. Or maybe the loss of life and property is part of the "payback" some of you are openly salivating over?