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The HDoT gave Jas Glover the notice to proceed for this project on October 13th, which will signalize the Shower Drive/Highway 130 intersection and widen the roadway in this area.
http://gpcprod.spo.hawaii.gov/spo2/source/source_detail.php?id=MzgxMDc=&hs=db5d1f3f4061791bc0f80b010171ec7e
Vendor:
Jas. W. Glover, Ltd.
Description:
STP-013033 Keaau-Pahoa Road Shoulder Lane Conversion Phase 2
Notice of Award Date(mm/dd/yyyy):
10/13/2016
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which will signalize the Shower Drive/Highway 130 intersection and widen the roadway in this area.
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Adding a signal will have the unwanted result of causing even more traffic issues.
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which will signalize the Shower Drive/Highway 130 intersection
After driving Highway 130 from Kea'au to HPP for decades and observing the change in traffic when merges and traffic lights were altered, I'm concerned the Shower Drive traffic signal may create serious traffic delays on weekday afternoons.
1) We need a traffic flow study before the Shower Drive light is installed to provide a basis for comparison, before and after the Shower Drive traffic signal is installed.
2) If after the signal is activated at Shower Drive, and if a substantial delay is created, the light at Shower Drive should be adjusted to flash yellow on Highway 130 between 3-6 PM to allow through traffic to proceed unimpeded. The much lower traffic volume on Shower Drive may enter the highway with a flashing red light between 3-6 PM, which is similar to the existing traffic pattern.
This is the rare government study that I would be happy to pay for, as it may prevent us from going back to the hour long backups we endured on Highway 130 for years prior to opening the Pahoa bound shoulder lane.
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the Shower Drive traffic signal may create serious traffic delays on weekday afternoons
State is doing us all a huge favor by even bothering to install a traffic light. We should be grateful. Stop complaining.
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Oh, amost forgot: didn't Ige say "no new highway construction projects because we don't have the money"?
Is this traffic signal not construction, or was Ige misrepresenting the State's economic health?
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The problem is in the standard signal implementation that will be used. There is zero creativity in the highway department.
"or was Ige misrepresenting the State's economic health?"
Yes - with nearly a billion dollar surplus of our tax money!
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There is zero creativity in the highway department.
Isn't this the same highway department that decided to build a roundabout?
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quote:
Originally posted by kalakoa
didn't Ige say "no new highway construction projects because we don't have the money"?
http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/...rplus.html
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This project is a safety & system preservation project, not a capacity one. There is a hold on new capacity projects because the HDoT doesn't have enough funds to do both system preservation & new capacity projects.
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Isn't Hawaii rated the worst in the country for roads?
