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Waikoloa residents press council for $2.5 million to start second-access road engineering
Summary
Residents and local wildfire advocates told the committee that Waikoloa Village needs a second permanent access road, asking the county to fund $2.5 million for engineering and design in the capital budget to begin a years-long project to improve evacuation routes.
Several Waikoloa Village residents and wildfire-safety advocates spoke during the committee's public-testimony period, urging the county to fund preliminary engineering for a proposed second access route from Waikoloa Village.
Aslan Chalker, introduced himself as a longtime Waikoloa Village resident, told the committee the village needs a second road to relieve evacuation pressure during wildfires. '2uring the 2021 Mana fire, my husband and I were out of our house in less than 10 minutes and we still got stuck in traffic,' Chalker said. He described a 15-minute, half-mile jam at the village exit during that event and told the committee the…
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