12-10-2015, 01:26 PM
"What about all of the Tsunami Evacuation Routes in Hilo? Wouldn't they also be considered escape routes? Yet they remain open to traffic 24/7."
All the neighborhoods between the Hilo Airport and the ocean, and everything south of there, have 3 or 4 locked / gated evacuation routes that are only unlocked and opened after the emergency has been declared. There is a 4th (5th?) locked / gated route that connects the airport road to Railroad to alleviate that traffic from merging with 11, which will already be at capacity.
If you want to see them, just follow the tsunami evacuation signage in that area and see where they dead-end at the locked airport perimeter fence gates. The only real road out of those neighborhoods is not capable of handling the traffic and it's in the tsunami inundation zone.
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All the neighborhoods between the Hilo Airport and the ocean, and everything south of there, have 3 or 4 locked / gated evacuation routes that are only unlocked and opened after the emergency has been declared. There is a 4th (5th?) locked / gated route that connects the airport road to Railroad to alleviate that traffic from merging with 11, which will already be at capacity.
If you want to see them, just follow the tsunami evacuation signage in that area and see where they dead-end at the locked airport perimeter fence gates. The only real road out of those neighborhoods is not capable of handling the traffic and it's in the tsunami inundation zone.
ETA: stuff