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W.H. Shipman wants to add traffic lights on Highway 11 to aid motorists driving into its business park, and is seeking a $2.75 million appropriation to get the project done."
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HAAS already has the money appropriated for a stoplight at their dangerous Pahoa Bypass intersection, but Lorraine and the state won't install it until all of Hwy 130 is lighted. I'll betcha Shipman jumps ahead in line and Inouye takes a paid vacation. What a coinqidink that would be.
Coincidence or coinqidink is the wrong word here IMHO, I think travesty fits much better.
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I think travesty fits much better
It's even simpler than that: "those that has, gets".
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Ever see a cross street on the I-95?
Freeways are by definition "controlled-access" and therefore do not have cross streets.
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Ever see a cross street on the I-95?
Freeways are by definition "controlled-access" and therefore do not have cross streets.
At what speed does "controlled-access" come into play? I would think any road with a 55 limit should not permit cross streets. It's just one big game of chicken and we are all destined to lose.
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At what speed does "controlled-access" come into play?
It's not about speed limits, it's about design.
The only "freeways" in Hawaii are on Oahu (Fed-funded "interstates").
Everything else is a "highway", and due to the lack of planning forethought, there's no way to retrofit these.
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Why couldn't highway 11 be converted to a limited access highway?
It was done on the mainland in the 50's and 60's and could easily be done here except for all of the people who want to keep Hawaii"Country".
An overpass at Shipman could be the first step !
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It's not about speed limits, it's about design.
Translation - the roads are screwy by design to keep development to a minimum? Or the roads were designed by well connected yet under uneducated civil servants?
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HAAS already has the money appropriated for a stoplight at their dangerous Pahoa Bypass intersection, but Lorraine and the state won't install it until all of Hwy 130 is lighted. I'll betcha Shipman jumps ahead in line and Inouye takes a paid vacation. What a coinqidink that would be.
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It doesn't need 24x7x365 lights there. Not enough traffic by a long shot and school is only open 180 days a year. Maybe a crosswalk that only operates when someone pushes the WALK button would be reasonable.
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Originally posted by leilanidude
HAAS already has the money appropriated for a stoplight at their dangerous Pahoa Bypass intersection
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It doesn't need 24x7x365 lights there. Not enough traffic by a long shot and school is only open 180 days a year. Maybe a crosswalk that only operates when someone pushes the WALK button would be reasonable.
I agree with the pedestrian driven lights at the HAAS crossing, but why not wait until the 130 expansion reaches that stretch in 2018?
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HAAS would be fine with a pedestrian light. Same story; Inouye says wait, but funds run out in a year or so.
