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If you're driving next week, please take into account a change in traffic patterns on Hwy 130 along the top of HPP, due to the planned and fascinatingly designated Geotechnical Examinations:
Highway 130 Lane Shifts
Beginning Wednesday, August 1st
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Between Shower Drive & Ainaloa Blvd
temporary traffic modifications to Kea‘au-P#257;hoa Road (Highway 130) between Shower Drive and Ainaloa Boulevard. Lane shifts will be in place beginning Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., for geotechnical core drilling work.
http://bigislandnow.com/2018/07/25/geote...gin-aug-1/
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Let's not inconvenience the Highway Dept by doing this at night. let's just make every commuter get up a half hour earlier and sit in stopped traffic on the way to and from Hilo.
Or if the Highway Dept is scared of the dark, then start at 9am until 3pm.
What happened to 'Government for the people?'
I expect the usual boondoggle, 3 people watching for every one working. Your Highway taxes at work.
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Let's not inconvenience the Highway Dept by doing this at night. let's just make every commuter get up a half hour earlier and sit in stopped traffic on the way to and from Hilo.
Or if the Highway Dept is scared of the dark, then start at 9am until 3pm.
What happened to 'Government for the people?'
I expect the usual boondoggle, 3 people watching for every one working. Your Highway taxes at work.
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let's just make every commuter get up a half hour earlier and sit in stopped traffic
They should have thought of that before they moved there.
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"let's just make every commuter get up a half hour earlier and sit in stopped traffic"
"They should have thought of that before they moved there."
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jEEZ KALAKOA...how were "they" supposed to think of this?
I sure didn't, This time of year, it could be done at night....and yes mikewj.....3 people watching for everyone working! (you sound like my partner)
Mahalo for the heads up HOtTE
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how were "they" supposed to think of this?
Easy: always assume that neither County nor State have a plan, then expect the most inconvenient possible last-minute workaround for the lack of planning. When in doubt, consider whether the unions would even allow work to be performed under a given set of conditions.
In this case: no plan for growth, so "urgent need" for contraflow, which work cannot be performed at "inconvenient" times (nights, weekends).
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Anyone notice any traffic issues today?
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I don't commute at the same time most people do, but certainly drive on 130 from Kaloli Drive onto 130 between the hours of 7 am and 5 pm, and nothing has happened.
So, what's actually happening, if anything?
