Maui Weekly reports:
On the face of it, it would seem they are “different,” and in fact, every expert witness the developers called to testify during the two days of testimony only accentuated the differences. The 1995 plan has no resemblance to the 2012 plan, except that they are both zoned M-1….
Witnesses called by the land owners filled all of Nov. 2.
These included traffic experts: Ken Tatsuguchi, a planning program engineer from the state Department of Transportation; and Phillip Rowell, a private traffic engineer retained by the owners. Also appearing were Heidi Meeker from the Facilities Branch of the Department of Education (DOE), and Tom Holliday, a senior real estate analyst/appraiser whose firm specializes in market studies.
They all agreed it was different–very different. They all went into detail–lots of detail.
The traffic witnesses said the new version would create more traffic. They went back and forth on how much more and whether it was peak traffic or traffic generated at other times, and what formula was used to arrive at those figures….
