On the Hawaiian Island of Kauai, small towns are grappling with plans to develop more than 4,500 housing units. Of the most concern to residents is the increased traffic and strain on roads, so they have proposed a circulation plan.
"Almost a dozen construction projects, totaling more than 4,500 units, are already zoned and a half-dozen are already under construction."
"The problem is, Kauai Mayor Bryan Baptiste said this week, most of the area was zoned for resort development in 1972, when the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance was implemented."
"Led by members of the Koloa Community Association and other community groups, residents have pushed for a traffic study to find how traffic can move around the area when perhaps an additional 6,000 cars enter the region in the coming years."
"The community association, which has been keeping an eye on the area since the 1970s, has gotten a majority of the developers in the area to pitch in for a traffic circulation plan. If implemented, the plan would add more than $12 million worth of feeder roads, sidewalks, bike paths and a local bus service to keep as much traffic out of the area as possible."
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