03-05-2008, 03:04 PM
I have to give credit to the Maku`u homesteaders. They got that appropriation into the budget in record time. It's amazing to think it takes over half a million to do one left turn lane though. Our government in action. In the push and pull of highway budgets Maku`u has some weight.
While the turn lane will be useful - for the half million it will be useful mostly one day a week for about five hours. I figured that if a policeman was hired for $50 an hour to direct traffic each Sunday the budget would pay for that effort for 38 years. But I'm not complaining. More power to Maku`u.
Now we need to figure out how to duplicate that success for too many other locations in Puna.
While the turn lane will be useful - for the half million it will be useful mostly one day a week for about five hours. I figured that if a policeman was hired for $50 an hour to direct traffic each Sunday the budget would pay for that effort for 38 years. But I'm not complaining. More power to Maku`u.
Now we need to figure out how to duplicate that success for too many other locations in Puna.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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