Water Principal Break Provides Up And Down Trip To Journey On Kamehameha Highway

It’s properly signposted and doesn’t look all that dangerous, however crossing over the bump and dip at a delicate curve on southbound Kamehameha Highway close to Kualoa Regional Park just isn’t nice. A 30-inch water primary broke there Jan. 17, was repaired the following day and, a day later, the street buckled.

Motorists who drive the world contemplate it a security hazard.

“It is extremely dangerous,” Nancy Morgan, who travels the street every day, stated in an e mail.  “Many people speed in this section and a driver could easily lose control when hitting it at higher speeds.”

For now, orange site visitors cones and indicators — “25 MPH,” “BUMP,” “SLOW” and “DIP” — warn of the circumstances forward. It’s caught in a little bit of bureaucratic limbo: Before repairs may be made, a change within the present paving contract underway on the time of the break must be accomplished and accredited by the procurement division, stated Board of Water Supply spokesperson Kathleen Elliott-Pahinui.

Permits additionally must be obtained, stated Elliott-Pahinui, who described the bump and dip as “comparable to a standard traffic-calming hump.”

Perhaps, however these usually are not the phrases that come to thoughts for Kristina Pascua, who for the previous two weeks has been offering safety for a movie manufacturing on the Kualoa Maintenance Yard. She stated what she has noticed with autos on the street just some hundred ft away from her publish is at instances alarming.

“Sometimes they’re racing along and you can hear, ‘boom.’ It sounds like an accident but it’s just them launching and then hitting the ground,” she stated. “And sometimes they go into the other lane to avoid it.”

Right after Pascua stated that, a sedan swerved throughout the stable yellow middle line to keep away from the broken street.

There is not any estimated date for the restore to happen, Elliott-Pahinui stated, including that the situation is inspected every day to make sure the security measures are in place and efficient.

Who Can Be Contacted?

Wayne Tello, appearing program administrator for subject operations, Honolulu Board of Water Supply, 808-748-5041.

Residents can even submit experiences on-line at honoluluhi.citysourced.com; by e mail at [email protected]; by cellphone at 808-768-4381; or via the free Honolulu 311 app.

Update: Faded Crosswalks Repainted

On Dec. 25, Civil Beat wrote a few pair of badly light crosswalks on a busy stretch of Monsarrat Avenue. The Honolulu Department of Transportation Services stated wet climate and a water primary alternative undertaking had been delaying the repainting job. 

On Dec. 31, crews repainted each crosswalks. That has made it a lot simpler for oncoming motorists to see them and decelerate in a well timed trend, lessening the hazards to pedestrians within the space, together with mother and father and youngsters coming and going from close by Waikīkī Elementary School.

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