Puna water projects mulled

[Wao nahele kane]

A couple week old article.

The 2018 eruption occured 3 years ago, Im guessing those that moved out with respect the eruption, did so long ago. Those that are waiting for road restorations may be giving up due to the lag in road restoration. I don't understand the let's wait and see nonsense with respect those moving out, now. Lots of people still moving in, too. 

"Hawaii County will not be reinvesting in certain water infrastructure destroyed by the 2018 Kilauea eruption, public officials said Thursday."

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

[Obie]

The biggest reason water was needed down there was for the Orchid Farms.

If they restore the water, the farmers can go back.

[Wao nahele kane]

Well, what's not surprising is the miss-direction of emergency funding. Little to none of it making it's way to the impacted area. That alone is causation for owners not returning.

Had the state and county replaced the roads in a rapid manner and provided power and water back to the area, many more people would have moved back to the area already. So essentially they've adopted a, let's starve them out and see how many move on before making final decisions.

This only underscores the disadvantage in allowing outsiders to control a regions funding. For example, if these areas that we reference by name, predominantly Kapoho and Pohoiki, in this case, controlled their own area in a governing sense, were actual cities. We would have seen infrastructure restoration already. The fact that an outside group control the money's and decision making power is why we see dragging feet.

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What would be more appropriate is to subdivide the county of Hawaii into it's districts as several counties instead of districts and sub regions such as Kapoho and Pohoiki would be districts within the county of South Puna.

[malahini]

What would be more appropriate is to subdivide the county of Hawaii into it's districts as several counties instead of districts and sub regions such as Kapoho and Pohoiki would be districts within the county of South Puna.

It is pretty BS that the relief money went to Kona especially. Although, what are the chances of them splitting up Hawaii island into more than one county?

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

subdivide the county of Hawaii into it's districts as several counties

Seems unlikely.  Even the separate islands of Molokai and Lanai are a part of Maui County.

Also, look at the list of people Puna has voted into office over the years, Emily (The Javelin) Naeole, Faye ("Rude, Corrupt and Prejudiced") Hanohano, Jen (Conspiracy!) Ruggles.  People like that would occasionally if not regularly and enthusiastically be voted in as mayor of a Puna County.

[leilanidude]

They should run a new water line from near Nanawale, across the road and over to Leilani and make a water spigot area for Leilani residents. There are a couple of locations that would make for a relatively easy run of a water line.

[Wao nahele kane]

With the depth of how infrastructure is handled today, utilities and roadways need to broken down to a more localized level at minimum. So instead of going all the way, break-up the current county utility and roadway oversight to smaller areas to ensure each area gets it's fair share and smaller areas keep any emergency funding allocated to it within it's management interests. None of that FEMA emergency restorations money for the eruption should have been used outside the directly effected area.
I'm surprised the federal government isn't stepping in and investigating the inappropriate use of the emergency funds.

[AaronM]

They should run a new water line from near Nanawale, across the road and over to Leilani and make a water spigot area for Leilani residents. There are a couple of locations that would make for a relatively easy run of a water line.

There was a water line that ran down Pohoiki for Isaac Hale.  That water line fed Lanipuna Gardens among other areas. 

It's my understanding that as a part of Pohoiki being restored, the water line will also be restored.

Whether anyone else will get a sip off of it is a mystery...

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I don't understand the let's wait and see nonsense

The County is waiting to see how many people are going to take the Buyout Program before finally comitting to certain projects.  

When the Buyout is over, there will be a clearer vision of what could/should go where.

I think the County is going to end up owning 700+ acres.

[Wao nahele kane]

They should run a new water line from near Nanawale, across the road and over to Leilani and make a water spigot area for Leilani residents. There are a couple of locations that would make for a relatively easy run of a water line.

There was a water line that ran down Pohoiki for Isaac Hale.  That water line fed Lanipuna Gardens among other areas. 

It's my understanding that as a part of Pohoiki being restored, the water line will also be restored.

Whether anyone else will get a sip off of it is a mystery...

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I don't understand the let's wait and see nonsense

The County is waiting to see how many people are going to take the Buyout Program before finally comitting to certain projects.  

When the Buyout is over, there will be a clearer vision of what could/should go where.

I think the County is going to end up owning 700+ acres.

Exactly!

I know a large number of developers who would like to have the legal right to withhold basic infrastructure to an area in order to twist landowners arms into selling their land to the developer. What a great strong-arm scam technique. Yeah?

Imagine what would happen to a developer from a legal perspective if they pulled such a stunt. If it weren't for unethical behaviour, our county wouldn't have any behaviour whatsoever.

[AaronM]

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