Saddle Road

[JerryCarr]

Hi Royall,
There was actually a road begun many years ago leading from the Saddle more directly to Kailua-Kona. If you look, you can still see where they actually bulldozed the beginnings of this road a few miles past the observatory turnoff on the left as you head Kona direction. I don't recall the full story, but it was abandoned after minimal work was done. Probably ran out of money or ran into opposition of some sort. It looks like it was headed for Hualalai, so that may have had something to do with it being axed. Perhaps someone on PW knows the full story.

Cheers,
Jerry