11-26-2019, 05:41 PM
The county-funded crossing guards are about to be removed from the TMT protest site on the Daniel K. Inouye highway and it seems the safety of protesters and drivers will be left in the hands of the protesters.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/11/27...test-site/
The MK observatories have been asking for the speed limit at the site to be reduced reduce the risk of an accident involving vehicles and pedestrians at the site but the state is not interested, so the speed limit through the site remains at 60 mph. Bear in mind the area is prone to thick for and heavy rain during the winter and the site is on both sides of the highway, so people are often walking across the road.
According to that article:
"Those who consider themselves protectors of Mauna Kea say they can handle traffic control themselves. “I don’t think we are alarmed by it at all. I think we’ll go back to having our own kiai to make sure that people are crossing safely,” said Noe Noe Wong-Wilson, a leader at the encampment."
And:
"Despite criticism, Kim says safety at the intersection is a priority regardless of political views.
“My exact words with Civil Defense yesterday is they are not protectors. Just pretend they are a bunch of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts camping up there," he said."
I'm not quite sure what to say about that last bit.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/11/27...test-site/
The MK observatories have been asking for the speed limit at the site to be reduced reduce the risk of an accident involving vehicles and pedestrians at the site but the state is not interested, so the speed limit through the site remains at 60 mph. Bear in mind the area is prone to thick for and heavy rain during the winter and the site is on both sides of the highway, so people are often walking across the road.
According to that article:
"Those who consider themselves protectors of Mauna Kea say they can handle traffic control themselves. “I don’t think we are alarmed by it at all. I think we’ll go back to having our own kiai to make sure that people are crossing safely,” said Noe Noe Wong-Wilson, a leader at the encampment."
And:
"Despite criticism, Kim says safety at the intersection is a priority regardless of political views.
“My exact words with Civil Defense yesterday is they are not protectors. Just pretend they are a bunch of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts camping up there," he said."
I'm not quite sure what to say about that last bit.