02-20-2017, 05:53 AM
HPP people, please take this drive this week before the membership mtg.
Take Shower and turn right onto 23rd...this is a CS road that is less than a yr old. Take a good look at it. It's failing big time. Yet the board and GM are continuing to lay more of this stuff down in a hurry on our roads at the cost of $80,000 + per road, and taking $ away from the road maint budget. The use of our road crew and the outsourcing of maint on the main drags should be factored into the costs on top of the $80,000 if you want to get a true figure of cost per road.
Continue on by crossing Kaloli and continue on 23rd, look at the asphalted road. When you get to Paradise, you'll see a tagged Stop sign w/what appears to be bullet holes and could very well be a safety hazard if you can't see it fully in the dark. (Sign replacement is part of Road Maint). Check out paved roads that are feeder roads...paved 1st, Beach Rd and L Rd (Paradise Ala Kai). Some areas on L Rd only have half a lane, so one side needs to stop when there's 2 way traffic. Add pedestrians and cyclists to the mix during heavy traffic hrs. The easements that are maintained are being done by the lot owners. Try driving on a few dirt roads next. Obviously the GM or board members haven't driven on these roads and if they have....
There was a terrible 3 car accident on Kaloli several months to a year ago before the sun came up. It appeared that someone ran the stop sign at the cross road bc the sign was obscured by bushes coupled w/barely visible stop bar. The 3 cars were pretty banged up, the passengers taken to the hospital. In the following days there were investigators taking photos of the area. What became of the investigation? The board certainly wouldn't tell us if something had.
Cars travel well above the 35 mph limit on the main drags. There is a reason for stop signs and they need to be maintained proactively. We have witnesses who have seen stop signs that haven't been reinstalled in a timely manner when they've gone down, even after it had been called in. Talking about over a wk later still not reinstalled.
Reflectors and road striping are road maint. Take a good look at Makuu below 16th,(above it is the county striping and reflectors) and Paradise. Big sections have no reflectors and barely visible striping as a back up.
The board's agenda w/CS is taking a heavy toll on road maint in all aspects. If the condition of your road doesn't bother you, then you shouldn't discount the safety issues going on. We have almost 12,000 people who live in HPP, many are on the roads. Add to that, all the non HPP residents.
Take Shower and turn right onto 23rd...this is a CS road that is less than a yr old. Take a good look at it. It's failing big time. Yet the board and GM are continuing to lay more of this stuff down in a hurry on our roads at the cost of $80,000 + per road, and taking $ away from the road maint budget. The use of our road crew and the outsourcing of maint on the main drags should be factored into the costs on top of the $80,000 if you want to get a true figure of cost per road.
Continue on by crossing Kaloli and continue on 23rd, look at the asphalted road. When you get to Paradise, you'll see a tagged Stop sign w/what appears to be bullet holes and could very well be a safety hazard if you can't see it fully in the dark. (Sign replacement is part of Road Maint). Check out paved roads that are feeder roads...paved 1st, Beach Rd and L Rd (Paradise Ala Kai). Some areas on L Rd only have half a lane, so one side needs to stop when there's 2 way traffic. Add pedestrians and cyclists to the mix during heavy traffic hrs. The easements that are maintained are being done by the lot owners. Try driving on a few dirt roads next. Obviously the GM or board members haven't driven on these roads and if they have....
There was a terrible 3 car accident on Kaloli several months to a year ago before the sun came up. It appeared that someone ran the stop sign at the cross road bc the sign was obscured by bushes coupled w/barely visible stop bar. The 3 cars were pretty banged up, the passengers taken to the hospital. In the following days there were investigators taking photos of the area. What became of the investigation? The board certainly wouldn't tell us if something had.
Cars travel well above the 35 mph limit on the main drags. There is a reason for stop signs and they need to be maintained proactively. We have witnesses who have seen stop signs that haven't been reinstalled in a timely manner when they've gone down, even after it had been called in. Talking about over a wk later still not reinstalled.
Reflectors and road striping are road maint. Take a good look at Makuu below 16th,(above it is the county striping and reflectors) and Paradise. Big sections have no reflectors and barely visible striping as a back up.
The board's agenda w/CS is taking a heavy toll on road maint in all aspects. If the condition of your road doesn't bother you, then you shouldn't discount the safety issues going on. We have almost 12,000 people who live in HPP, many are on the roads. Add to that, all the non HPP residents.