10-19-2013, 08:02 AM
FYI, on Thursday, 10/17, the delay started as early as 9:30 a.m. Traffic was backed up from the Humane Society to Paradise Drive, bumper to bumper and barely moving. There were 2 very young (i.e. inexperienced?) men directing traffic for the construction, actually it was Helco work w/the construction. And they had no clue the west-bound traffic was backing up so they were trying to be fair, letting the Pahoa-bound traffic (which was minimal) go the same amount of time that the stacked up Hilo-bound traffic had, making it even worse for the traffic moving toward Keaau. Anyone w/appointments was late. It took me 35 minutes to go 2 miles and I was in the early phase of the problem. When I tried going back toward Hilo later the same day, the construction work had moved across the road and caused that backup.
There was no one, cops, supervisors, no one to let these young men who controlled the stop-and-go what was happening three and four miles down the road. And from everything I could tell by observation (and I had plenny time for that!), these were Helco employees or contractors.
From now on, I plan to travel to Hilo at night or on Sundays from now on....
There was no one, cops, supervisors, no one to let these young men who controlled the stop-and-go what was happening three and four miles down the road. And from everything I could tell by observation (and I had plenny time for that!), these were Helco employees or contractors.
From now on, I plan to travel to Hilo at night or on Sundays from now on....