07-01-2009, 01:22 PM
This came in from Brenda Ford:
Aloha Rob,
You are quite justified in being upset. The same thing happens to West Hawai‘i, H#257;m#257;kua, and Ka’u. The distribution of highway fund is based on existing, paved road miles. Hilo has all the paved roads and very few miles of new, paved roads are added to districts outside of Hilo. There is also the problem that asphalt costs about twice as much in West Hawai‘i as in East Hawai‘i.
This problem needs to be addressed and I will.
Mahalo for your input.
Brenda Ford
Brenda gets it.
Aloha Rob,
You are quite justified in being upset. The same thing happens to West Hawai‘i, H#257;m#257;kua, and Ka’u. The distribution of highway fund is based on existing, paved road miles. Hilo has all the paved roads and very few miles of new, paved roads are added to districts outside of Hilo. There is also the problem that asphalt costs about twice as much in West Hawai‘i as in East Hawai‘i.
This problem needs to be addressed and I will.
Mahalo for your input.
Brenda Ford
Brenda gets it.
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