12-01-2015, 05:00 PM
I go in to work in Hilo really, really early in the morning, so I rarely come home after the "extra" lane closes at 6, but I had a phone consultation with a client tonight and went through right after 6 PM. To my great surprise, everyone merged correctly and smoothly right after Keaau HS, but then after the transfer station traffic ground to a halt, we are talking bumper to bumper creep all the way to Shower, I didn't go over 20 the whole way.
I was surprised it was such an easy merge at Keaau, but that single lane to Puna was packed, while almost no one was coming the other way. As I sat there looking at 2 empty lanes going to Hilo I was again reminded of the sheer idiocy of 2 lanes into Hilo and one lane back home as a permanent plan for a roadway.
I was surprised it was such an easy merge at Keaau, but that single lane to Puna was packed, while almost no one was coming the other way. As I sat there looking at 2 empty lanes going to Hilo I was again reminded of the sheer idiocy of 2 lanes into Hilo and one lane back home as a permanent plan for a roadway.