01-07-2017, 03:14 AM
By installing a standard traffic signal, the DOT will force both Hilo bound lanes to stop. A proper solution would be to install a large center merge/turn lane at the intersection that would only stop the Pahoa bound traffic, allowing the vehicles on Pohaku to turn left into a center merge lane. Why stop traffic in all directions? This approach could also be successfully used at the Orchidland intersection.