04-13-2018, 11:34 AM
Pahoa Circle of Death
Before the Circle of Death opened, few Puna residents had ever driven on a roundabout. It wasn't completely unwarranted to approach it with a degree of fear and loathing.
However, the difference between the roundabout and this Hwy 130 contra flow experiment, is that we've had plenty of practice over the last two years:
1) Phase 1 expanded a two lane highway into an almost three lane highway - - cones, cones, cones
2) The light was installed at Shower Dr as well as turn lanes - - more cones
3) Then the highway was restripped and converted into 4 lanes - - plenny mo dakine
We've been driving between orange construction cones for so long, the state DOT probably thought we missed them.
“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Before the Circle of Death opened, few Puna residents had ever driven on a roundabout. It wasn't completely unwarranted to approach it with a degree of fear and loathing.
However, the difference between the roundabout and this Hwy 130 contra flow experiment, is that we've had plenty of practice over the last two years:
1) Phase 1 expanded a two lane highway into an almost three lane highway - - cones, cones, cones
2) The light was installed at Shower Dr as well as turn lanes - - more cones
3) Then the highway was restripped and converted into 4 lanes - - plenny mo dakine
We've been driving between orange construction cones for so long, the state DOT probably thought we missed them.
“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves