Think traffic is bad now? Just wait
The Kona Village Development is a classic case of putting the cart before the horse. It’s clearly evident the developer, planning, and highway commissions grossly miscalculated or neglected to project the future traffic density.
If we think the traffic on Highway 11 from Captain Cook to Palani Road is horrible today, wait until the 450-unit Kona Village is completed, adding another 1,000-plus vehicles on the road. How could they even contemplate such a development, when the most obvious infrastructure problem (traffic density) hasn’t even been resolved?
In addition to traffic, we have other macro-infrastructure needs such as impacted schools, water, sewage and emergency services that weren’t addressed before proposing Kona Village. Everything about Kona Village was done contrary to conventional wisdom, or expected order of relationship.
We need to address and build the infrastructure prior to planning a future development as huge as Kona Village, else this horse ain’t moving. The cart before the horse!
Claude Thornton
Kailua-Kona
Really, traffic will be a mess
Pualani Estates is easily identified since it borders the blue park with the soccer and baseball fields, and the playground. All through the week, kids come here to practice and play.
Often Hoomama Street is lined with parked vehicles with children darting in and out excited to go to their game. Parents come with umbrellas and chairs to enjoy the family time. This is the same street that the Kona Village developers are designating as the access to their new project that will include 450 new residences. That probably also means the influx of about 900 cars that will be using this same street. Does this make any sense?
I thought we valued the safety of our children? I thought that we respected the people’s right to choose a neighborhood that reflects their choice of a family oriented environment. This plan is ludicrous and should be stopped. Even if you don’t live here, those in our community should oppose this because the next time it may be your neighborhood.
Marion Moe
Kailua-Kona