12-02-2014, 04:11 AM
Paving the upper portion is within the Mauna Kea Science Reserve Master Plan, most likely the main "roadblocks" are cost and access control... & the very "high" cost & maintenance at altitude is probably the main block...
This is a resource that is managed between the DNLR and UH...so road paving is probably not on their high priority list, and I think most can understand why it should not be for both of those entities!
ADD: 2WD vehicles have a higher gear speed than a 4WD in low gear, so the drive wheels are spinning faster...and most drivers give it a little more gas when they feel drive wheel slippage, which spins the drive wheels a little faster, and you see the little rooster tail of road debris... or on slick or icy roads, the lateral movement of the drive wheels.
This is a resource that is managed between the DNLR and UH...so road paving is probably not on their high priority list, and I think most can understand why it should not be for both of those entities!
ADD: 2WD vehicles have a higher gear speed than a 4WD in low gear, so the drive wheels are spinning faster...and most drivers give it a little more gas when they feel drive wheel slippage, which spins the drive wheels a little faster, and you see the little rooster tail of road debris... or on slick or icy roads, the lateral movement of the drive wheels.