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The three major highways in the area are Highway 130 (Keaau-Pahoa
Road). Highway 132 (Kapoho Road) and Highway 137 (Puna Coast Road). Highway
130 runs through the center of Pahoa. The State Department of Transpor-
tation has proposed construction of a Pahoa Bypass Road, which would carry
through-traffic around Pahoa's urban area.
Existing traffic levels at the intersection of Highways 130 and 132
(approximately 1 mile west of the power plant) are between 2.000 and 3.600
vehicles per day. Kapoho Road and Pahoa-Pohoiki Road border the project
site. Pahoa-Pohoiki Road is the current access road to the site, but
Kapoho Road will be the future site access road since Pahoa-Pohoiki Road
has a blind left turn into the site.
BENEFITS OF THE PROPOSED ACTION
The PGV Geothermal project provides both the State and the Island of
Hawaii with a number of beneficial aspects and assists in meeting a number
of goals. The project is anticipated to:
o Decrease dependence upon imported petroleum products and reduce
capital outflow for oil payments.
o Diversify Hawaii's economic base.
o Ensure that the Island of Hawaii will continue to have a
sufficient energy supply.
o Provide increased employment opportunities, and personal income.
o Increase public revenues and capital expenditures.
o Provide a dependable, efficient and economical source of energy.
o Increase the energy self-sufficiency of the Island of Hawaii.
o Develop an alternate, renewable energy source which is indigenous
to the Island.
o Further the State program to develop further information on the
commercialization of geothermal energy.455131/02/DP922
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Puna Geothermal Venture Project Environmental Impact Statement, report, November 1, 1987; United States. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc875658/m1/28/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.