07-19-2015, 05:59 AM
The intersections in question? The North Pahoa Village Road extension to 130, the other - 130 @ Kahakai. The optimum design would remove the North Pahoa Village road connector to 130 and extend the greenbelt over the connector towards Longs completely removing that intersection. At 130 and Kahakai an overpass with parallel to 130 entry exit ramps to and from 130. That would serve as the only intersection on 130 at that location.
In the meanwhile, the extension from North Pahoa Village RD. to 130 to head South bound on 130 from the extension should remove the vertical obstructions at the shoulder forcing people to make a hard right directly into the fast vehicular flow of 130 south. A merge lane using the current shoulder onto 130 should be adopted. When attempting to look left to see if 130 is clear any vehicles to the left seeking to enter 130 north can block the view of those intending to turn south onto 130. I've seen a few vehicles were hit trying to head south onto 130 and that could have been avoided by using the shoulder as a merge lane as would be a typical design of most roadways in the US. The current design makes zero sense.
In the meanwhile, the extension from North Pahoa Village RD. to 130 to head South bound on 130 from the extension should remove the vertical obstructions at the shoulder forcing people to make a hard right directly into the fast vehicular flow of 130 south. A merge lane using the current shoulder onto 130 should be adopted. When attempting to look left to see if 130 is clear any vehicles to the left seeking to enter 130 north can block the view of those intending to turn south onto 130. I've seen a few vehicles were hit trying to head south onto 130 and that could have been avoided by using the shoulder as a merge lane as would be a typical design of most roadways in the US. The current design makes zero sense.