05-13-2009, 02:03 AM
Simply doing nothing, though budget-friendly, doesn't seem a reasonable option to me.
New arrivals to East Hawaii would simply choose to live elsewhere, thereby causing
the Puna economy to atrophy.
H130 is currently the only way in and out of "the state's largest cul-de-sac" and
possibly already isn't sufficient to handle the traffic that would result from
an emergency.
As the traffic gets worse and worse there will be more and more calls for an
alternative route until one gets built. It's not a question of if, it's a question
of when, and the best time would be as soon as possible.
It would be interesting though to hear of any similar areas where they did
try to stabilize traffic by simply not building any more roads.
New arrivals to East Hawaii would simply choose to live elsewhere, thereby causing
the Puna economy to atrophy.
H130 is currently the only way in and out of "the state's largest cul-de-sac" and
possibly already isn't sufficient to handle the traffic that would result from
an emergency.
As the traffic gets worse and worse there will be more and more calls for an
alternative route until one gets built. It's not a question of if, it's a question
of when, and the best time would be as soon as possible.
It would be interesting though to hear of any similar areas where they did
try to stabilize traffic by simply not building any more roads.