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Some of us are more concerned then others.
I happen to have been selected By the State to be on the Advisory Task Force for the Keaau-Pahoa Road Improvements, Project No. STP130 (27)
So this issue is relevant to me and Puna.
If anyone would like to talk me about this off the board... please feel free to email me.
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It is the way the way it is.
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Well then your first recommendation should be to lower the speed limit to 35 then
GET RID OF THE FREAKIN YIELD SIGNS TO TURN RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not that most folks know they are even there,cause by the time you see them its to late to yield.
Not that you have visibility to even be able to yield if you could see the signs that are at some places and missing in others.............errrrrhhh!
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H130 is not URBAN, nor INTERSTATE and only a highway in name. And congested? Compared to what? Have you ever been on an Urban Interstate on the mainland?
My answer to H130 is slow down, be patient and drive with Aloha. Some turn lanes and merge lanes would be helpful too.
Aloha, Dan
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Bad roads keep the riff raff out. Or maybe in. And they reduce speeding. Which is something I am hoping to leave behind.
Up with bad roads.
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I would take that report with a grain of salt. For starters the reason Foundation is a conservative think tank with no engineering background. On top of that costs of asphalt and materials cost exponentially more
here than on the Mainland
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Daniel has it... slow down and be patient. It's funny, because I've only been here a month but H130 seems barren to me most times I drive it. (This is comparitively..) Paying attention on the road is the biggest issue I've notived that drivers have on H130.
~ Rachael
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In 63, when I first got here the speed was 50. But somewhere since then people moved it to 55, then 65 in a few places.
During one of the oil crises, Hawaii tried to go back to 50, but the Fed refused it as we had to comply with the norm! 50 MPH is a good enough safe speed, and easy to enforce. Tickets can start at 59. Van Cams for the first 6 months would probably pay for the entire conversion and more.
Gordon J Tilley
