05-08-2008, 05:12 PM
Glen, yes I know Jeff and his wife Manu. We drilled a well for them at his house on kaloli point. He was just nominated as the temporary BOD V.P.
As for the paving, I did some investigating. I asked a friend who works for the county road Dept. He is one of the Bosses. I asked him what the cost per mile to pave was. (He recently did the resurfaceing in waimea) He said that it takes 640 (Approx.) tonnes per mile per lane. So each road in hpp would need two lanes i.e. 1280 tonnes. At $80 a ton (the price when I asked, but now is more Im sure) that would cost $102,400. per mile. There are 137 miles in hpp, (some of which is already paved)so 137 X $102,400 = $14,028,800.
Plus the cost of delivery, the cost of gravel and gradeing, and labor. We have all the resources right here in HPP to do it ourselves; a grader, a roller, who knows how many independent dump trucks, and several paving machines. However it is TOOO late. The loan has been signed and work is underway. By the way, as I understand it, the loan amount is more than $12,000,000. That was just the first draw or first phase. There are two more to come.
One thing I would like to work on as a board member is COMMUNICATION. So things like this stop happening. I have a lot of ideas that I would like to work on, as well as any ideas of the members from my district.
Thanks,
Daniel R Diamond
As for the paving, I did some investigating. I asked a friend who works for the county road Dept. He is one of the Bosses. I asked him what the cost per mile to pave was. (He recently did the resurfaceing in waimea) He said that it takes 640 (Approx.) tonnes per mile per lane. So each road in hpp would need two lanes i.e. 1280 tonnes. At $80 a ton (the price when I asked, but now is more Im sure) that would cost $102,400. per mile. There are 137 miles in hpp, (some of which is already paved)so 137 X $102,400 = $14,028,800.
Plus the cost of delivery, the cost of gravel and gradeing, and labor. We have all the resources right here in HPP to do it ourselves; a grader, a roller, who knows how many independent dump trucks, and several paving machines. However it is TOOO late. The loan has been signed and work is underway. By the way, as I understand it, the loan amount is more than $12,000,000. That was just the first draw or first phase. There are two more to come.
One thing I would like to work on as a board member is COMMUNICATION. So things like this stop happening. I have a lot of ideas that I would like to work on, as well as any ideas of the members from my district.
Thanks,
Daniel R Diamond
Daniel R Diamond