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My suggestion is to post a traffic cop at the corner of Old Pahoa Rd and Kahakai Blvd and a second at Kahakai Blvd and HWY 130 for about one month. This will help with the additional traffic flow until the users become accustom to how the new roadways are laid out. The developer and the stores should pay for this cost.
For those of you who have condemned BK and KFC instead of local businesses, Paul had no choice.
CVS mandated that nation wide franchises be brought in vs. local. You can’t blame them because of the turnover in many of the local business, just look at Malama.
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808,
Of course Oahu has intersections with more accidents.
I think our "Most Dangerous" status comes with a qualifier; Most dangerous in the state per 100000 vehicles or so.
That's without Woodland Center. When woodland opens our status may change to the "Most dangerous(times ten)intersection".
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BK and KFC turn Pahoa into "anyplace else". I'll get my chicken from the lack and my burger's from Verna's. And to kill yourself or someone else getting to them? Better government and less deference to CVS.
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Typical basackwards engineering once again.
Lame...
Don't they realize that someone will knock the pole down eventually?
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One Thing I can always be sure of is that things will never go as expected.
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I think we need a Pahoa Bypass Bypass to give those of us who live in Kapoho to Kalapana a safe way to get past this mess. Loving the humorous posts here! I'm sure there have been fatal accidents here even before the changes and didn't someone on a motorcycle lose a limb not too long ago?
We just drove by again and noticed now there is no longer a merge lane if you turn right out of Pahoa. The right turn now goes directly into the 45 mph lane. I find this frightening and all joking aside, this needs to be fixed immediately. Wonder if Fred or Emily will do anything.
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And now, coming out of Woodland Center, if you want to go down Kahakai, you just shoot across oncoming traffic and into the exit lane for Kahakai. That is brilliant!!!!! I am sure no one will be broadsided doing that.
To 808blogger, who said,
"1. not even close to the most dangerous in the state (sorry lack). there are atleast 20 intersections/streets on oahu that are FAR more dangerous and deadly."
A 12/18/2009 Tribune Herald article cited a DOT study which lists that intersection as the ONE in the entire STATE with the highest number of traffic accidents.
And I expect with the improvements, that the number of accidents will now increase dramatically.
Does anyone know if there was any actual traffic engineering done by the County? I suspect that the developer proposed the changes and Bobby Jean stamped them. Does anyone know how these changes were made and approved and by whom?
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Engineering/approval by
Hawaii State Department of Transportation.
As explained by someone else, it is the RATE (number per one-hundred-thousand vehicles passing through the intersection) that is the highest in the state. The most dangerous in that a vehicle is more likely to be in a crash at this intersection than any other intersection in the state.
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FYI, the main entrance built for Longs will be an exit only. Entering the new center from either direction you will have to dive in the mauka entrance to the gas station and enter the Longs parking lot behind BK. Don’t blame the developer for this one, this traffic pattern was inspired by Pahoa Auto Parts. They were concerned that traffic entering the Longs parking lot from Old Pahoa Rd. would stack because of cars leaving Longs and turning left on to Old Pahoa Rd. and his customer base would not be able to enter his store. They were also behind the change to HWY 130 opening.[8D]
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Why didn't they just move the pole? (Okay, it doesn't sound like a stupid question to me, but if you think it is, then keep it to yourself! LOL!!!)
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I recall reading recently that the Old Pahoa Rd./130 intersection is scheduled to become a roundabout starting in 2011 and finishing in 2013. That should straighten everything out!!! Ha!
