10-24-2008, 04:44 AM
Thank you for your prompt reply. I needed the information to make a comparison with the conditions on Route 130.
Since Rte. 130 only has one lane to give to the contra-flow and traffic going the reverse way will be using the shoulder, I don't see that there is room for left-turn lanes. Disallowing left turns during the evening rush hour would mean that HPP residents (the largest portion of the traffic) would have to drive to the end of the contra-flow lane (Paradise Drive? Makuu Drive? Makuu Market? Pahoa?) to be able to turn around and come back to enter the sub-division. Don't see that sitting very well.
At present, except for the morning rush hour going into Hilo and the "right-turn lane" into the Keaau transfer station, it is illegal to drive on the shoulder. Guess that would be easy to change to allow traffic to go around the cone-planting truck.
Another question this raises is the use of the shoulder heading toward Pahoa, which has several portions that cannot be driven on right now. They would have to be repaired/improved to allow for its use as the "reverse-direction lane" when the morning traffic is contra-flowed. If that is done, why not just use the "repaired" shoulder as a second lane, as is done in the morning, without the need for "contra-flow"?
Since Rte. 130 only has one lane to give to the contra-flow and traffic going the reverse way will be using the shoulder, I don't see that there is room for left-turn lanes. Disallowing left turns during the evening rush hour would mean that HPP residents (the largest portion of the traffic) would have to drive to the end of the contra-flow lane (Paradise Drive? Makuu Drive? Makuu Market? Pahoa?) to be able to turn around and come back to enter the sub-division. Don't see that sitting very well.
At present, except for the morning rush hour going into Hilo and the "right-turn lane" into the Keaau transfer station, it is illegal to drive on the shoulder. Guess that would be easy to change to allow traffic to go around the cone-planting truck.
Another question this raises is the use of the shoulder heading toward Pahoa, which has several portions that cannot be driven on right now. They would have to be repaired/improved to allow for its use as the "reverse-direction lane" when the morning traffic is contra-flowed. If that is done, why not just use the "repaired" shoulder as a second lane, as is done in the morning, without the need for "contra-flow"?