PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OPEN FOR PĀHOA TRANSIT HUB & LIBRARY DRAFT EA
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OPEN FOR PĀHOA TRANSIT HUB & LIBRARY DRAFT EA
The Mass Transit Agency in partnership with Hawai’i State Public Library System are holding a public meeting to discuss the findings reported in the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and offer an opportunity for the public to provide feedback.
The County of Hawai‘i Mass Transit Agency (MTA), Planning Department, and Hawai‘i State Public Library System (HSPLS) invite the community to provide feedback on the Draft Environmental Assessment for a proposed new transit hub and co-located library in Pāhoa Town. The transit hub and library are intended to support comfort and safety for transit riders, promote other multi-modal uses such as walking and biking, and provide amenities and gathering spaces for the greater Pāhoa community.
A community meeting is planned on April 17, 2024 to continue the previous planning process. This meeting will discuss the findings reported in the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and offer an opportunity for the public to provide feedback.
Join us
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
5pm to 7pm
Pāhoa Neighborhood Facility
15-2016 Kauhale Street, Pāhoa, HI 96778
Community members needing an auxiliary aid or other accommodation to attend a meeting due to a disability may contact Heather Bartlett at (808) 628-5843. Inquiries should be made as soon as possible before the event to allow adequate time to fulfill the request.
More information and background on the project is available on the project website. Please visit pahoatransithub.info to learn more, review the Draft Environmental Assessment, and provide comments. The comment period will end on May 1, 2024.
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About Hele-On: Hele-On is a service of the County of Hawai’i Mass Transit Agency and provides countywide public transit services on 24 fixed and flex routes countywide, Hele-On Kako’o for ADA complementary paratransit service in Hilo, Kailua-Kona and Puna, a shared ride taxi program with three taxi companies in Hilo, Hele-On Ka Ho‘okele rural transportation service in partnership with Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council, a vanpool program in partnership with Commute with Enterprise and 10 HIBike bikeshare stations in Hilo and Kailua-Kona in partnership with PATH. Hele-On transports approximately 588,000 passenger trips a year on a fleet of more than 30 buses, vans, and a trolley. Transit services are provided under contract with Roberts Hawai’i, taxicab companies, MTM Transit, HCEOC, Enterprise Holdings and PATH. For additional Hele-On information, please call (808) 961-8744, TDD/TTY: 711 through the relay service, email: heleonbus@hawaiicounty.gov or visit www.heleonbus.org.
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