Traffic problems need harder look ADVERTISING Traffic problems need harder look Referring to the article in West Hawaii Today published on Oct. 19 titled “Crash sends driver to hospital, snarls traffic,” this story resembles two recent fatal collisions in the
Traffic problems need harder look
Referring to the article in West Hawaii Today published on Oct. 19 titled “Crash sends driver to hospital, snarls traffic,” this story resembles two recent fatal collisions in the past two years. These types of manifestations reveal a history that the responsible agencies are not inherently concerned about the efficient and safe movement of vehicles through this junction of Route 11 and Route 180 (Teshima junction).
Route 11 serves many mauka communities, which includes Honalo, Kainaliu, Kealakekua, Captain Cook, Honaunau, moving many people and goods through Kailua-Kona and beyond. Normal daily traffic is heavy and when there is a traffic incident, traffic slows down to create long delays. For this incident, through traffic was detoured at Halekii and Kamehameha III Road intersections onto Mamalahoa Bypass, which moved at a snail’s pace.
The first impulse is to say, “Something must be done!” The response by responsible agencies is to make placating adjustments to the subject location. Deliberate thinking and appropriate actions to accommodate efficient travel and safety on Route 11 and the communities are vital and needed.
The Hawaii Department of Transportation is currently studying Route 11 capacity improvement to move people and goods more efficiently and safely in the West Hawaii sub region of Kailua-Kona and beyond. However, the study begins at Palani Road and ends at Kamehameha III Road. This study can and should include all of the intersections all the way south to Teshima junction. The continuous safe flow of traffic is vital to the economy and well-being of the mauka communities.
Harold Murata
Honalo
Community has more pressing needs
With many unmet needs in our community — homelessness, better education of our young, food for those who can’t afford to eat regularly, decent medical care — it seems most extravagant to build a new, $90 million judicial building to be used mostly by those elite who don’t have to scratch for a living.
Let’s let it go for at least another 20 years.
Kurt Engelstad
Kailua-Kona
Rectal cranial inversion
In my opinion, anybody who “proudly” votes for anyone of the two presidential candidates, suffers from rectal cranial inversion.
The choice is rather between Satan and the devil; with Satan we get a shameful continuation of what we got for eight years already, with a severe increase of government corruption and bankruptcy of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights; with the devil we play Russian roulette, with the “chance” that five chambers are empty in the cylinder.
Klaus Conventz
Kailua-Kona
Wake up, Mr. Obenski!
We live in the greatest country in the world, with no controlled media, and with freedom of speech. We even have freedom after the speech, not like in many other countries. Everybody’s opinion should be respected, but I would expect more from a former politician like Mr. Obenski.
“Hillary Clinton maybe the most prepared candidate ever?” Ever?! Wake up, Mr. Obenski and do some fact-checking.
John Rabi
Kailua-Kona
