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http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2015/1...-in-pahoa/
The Hawai‘i County Department of Public Works will begin work on restoring the functionality of Pahoa’s Cemetery Road on Monday October 5, 2015.
On October 25, 2014 lava associated with the Pu‘u O‘o Volcanic Eruption crossed onto Cemetery Road that extends from Apa‘a Street near the Pahoa Transfer Station. After assessing ingress and egress for the area, including the Ka‘ohe Homesteads, restoring the functionality of Cemetery Road is in the best interests of public safety.
Reconstruction work involves removing the new lava to original grades and then paving the 500-foot stretch of roadway.
The project is expected to take approximately 40 working days to complete, weather and construction conditions permitting.
75 percent of the $150,000 project cost will be funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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The new road will "only" cost $300/foot.
Workers will complete an "average" of 12.5 feet per day.
Seems a little slow, even for a County job -- let's review again after the schedule/cost overruns.
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The new road will "only" cost $300/foot.
Workers will complete an "average" of 12.5 feet per day.
Seems a little slow, even for a County job -- let's review again after the schedule/cost overruns.
75 percent of the $150,000 project cost will be funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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75 percent of the $150,000 project cost will be funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Or as I like to think of it, tax dollars from my right pocket, rather than tax dollars from my left pocket.
It might be cheaper to buy each resident of Kaohe Homesteads a helicopter than to repair the road at that cost. Since it's federal money, army stealth helicopters, to keep the noise down.
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Since the lava covered Apa'a Street, the residents of Ka'ohe Homesteads have spent a lot of their OWN money in the extra mileage incurred in taking the long way around, day in and day out. FEMA has not offered to help defray those costs, nor has anyone else. And until Apa'a is opened up again, we are at the mercy of all the albizia that line our only remaining exit.
On Primary Election Day, when Iselle hit, 33 large albizia fell across the road and locked us away from the polls, medical help, or access to needed goods and services. You complain about the tax dollars to be spent opening up Apa'a Street, but show no awareness that Ka'ohe residents have been paying since Oct. 25, 2014. That's a whole year. And we pay taxes too.
The lava is about 12 feet thick, and it takes a lot to break it up and move it out of the way. The old road surface underneath it will need to be repaved. And the lava covered about 1/2 a mile. Run the numbers. Better yet, ask Public Works to see a line item budget and let the rest of us know.
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until Apa'a is opened up again, we are at the mercy of all the albizia that line our only remaining exit
Many subdivisions have only one road in or out, and they pay taxes just like Ka'ohe Homesteads residents. Nor does Apa'a create a truly alternate egress. But, "free" Federal dollars, can't argue with that.
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Originally posted by Rene Siracusa
[br You complain about the tax dollars to be spent opening up Apa'a Street, but show no awareness that Ka'ohe residents have been paying since Oct. 25, 2014. That's a whole year. And we pay taxes too.
Yes, you pay taxes like the rest of us. The difference is that you get the Feds and the county to spend some of it on you occasionally. Having said that, I think it is appropriate for that road to be repaired as described. It just irks me to hear some of the more fortunate among the Puna taxpayers whine when someone points out the inequities.
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Originally posted by Rene Siracusa
[br You complain about the tax dollars to be spent opening up Apa'a Street, but show no awareness that Ka'ohe residents have been paying since Oct. 25, 2014. That's a whole year. And we pay taxes too.
Yes, you pay taxes like the rest of us. The difference is that you get the Feds and the county to spend some of it on you occasionally. Having said that, I think it is appropriate for that road to be repaired as described. It just irks me to hear some of the more fortunate among the Puna taxpayers whine when someone points out the inequities.
I am sure all the people who live there would have been happy to forgo the entire lava odyssey. Calling them "the more fortunate among the Puna taxpayers" and accusing them of whining seems a little unfair. The people who are complaining about the road being fixed are real the whiners here.
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people who live there would have been happy to forgo the entire lava odyssey.
The cost of fixing the road is probably a drop in the bucket when compared to total expenditures during the 2014 lava odyssey. Let's also hope the county lets us drive on it after it's repaved. The last two lava related road projects, Railroad & Chain of Craters, were built and then closed to the public.
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