Puna Bus Hub

[kalakoa]

in a democracy that does not guarantee

What we have here isn't a real "democracy".

[Lanipuna_Gardens]

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Originally posted by Rob Tucker

Their budget should include some public restrooms.

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Like a magnet for vagrants.

[Rob Tucker]

I could only hope that is so.

[Guest]

quote:

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Originally posted by Punatic007

however in a democracy that does not guarantee him lucrative county contracts.

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Yes, that may be true, but we don't live in a democracy.

[Rob Tucker]

A much better location would be Sal Luquin's lot in central Pahoa Village.

[kalakoa]

Sal Luquin's lot

This location would require a urinal, which adds 3-5 years to the project.

Besides, Sal isn't related to a councilor.

[knieft]

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Originally posted by Rob Tucker

A much better location would be Sal Luquin's lot in central Pahoa Village.

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Yes, in the area behind Luquin’s and kinda behind adjacent to Longs.

Pahoa Marketplace is already backed up daily at 3:30ish with the Kamehameha buses parking diagonally in front of Subway and it backs up everything to the point that people can’t even get out of parking places, frozen all the way to Ace. Doesn’t matter for drop off that much at 6:45am, but at 3:30pm for pick up?

Wonder what will happen when an ambulance or police can’t get anywhere near anything in the whole shopping area at that time.

Cheers,
Kirt

[Rob Tucker]

knieft,

That is not the location I am suggesting. My suggestion is for the old Luguin's site.

[BillyB]

Does anyone use the senior center?

I went once and it seemed deserted except for staff.

That could be turned into the Bus hub and the senior center moved to the languishing Council office. The only draw back is no capital improvement money to be spread around.

[kalakoa]

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...questions/

The appropriation bill, Bill 131, had its first airing at the Jan. 8 County Council meeting, as it skipped the committee level because the sales contract expires at the end of January. The deal was put together by former Managing Director Wil Okabe, Property Manager Hamana Ventura and Mass Transit Administrator Brenda Carreira and presented to the council as a fait accompli.

That irked Puna Councilman Matt Kanealii-Kleinfelder, who was under the impression the site selection process was still ongoing, after a consultant hired by the administration evaluated seven potential sites for a project that wasn’t scheduled to commence until the fiscal year that starts July 1.

Kanealii-Kleinfelder asked why he, as a Puna councilman as well as vice chairman of the Public Works and Mass Transit Committee, wasn’t kept in the loop. He said he or his staff attended the community meetings on the issue and they weren’t aware a contract had already been signed. He didn’t like being told the deal had to move fast or someone else might buy the property, likening that to walking into a car dealership.

I have a much better question: why are we buying a bus hub when we can't even keep the busses running? Will it be used as a boneyard for the broken-down busses? Maybe a some sort of homeless camp?

Our "wise, local" elders call this putting the cart before the horse, don't they?