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Kuakini. So what good did that do, if you open it up that way? That’s true, there is that concern;
<br />and that there’s more concern also that more people would end up using Alii Drive. You know,
<br />basically the proposal that we had was just to deal with the PM peak. And the PM peak, the
<br />major concern of traffic is the south-bound motorists, so the motorists going south. For the
<br />Keauhou area residents, they were concerned that more people would be taking Alii Drive. You
<br />know, those that work or if they start out from the Kailua town, instead of going north to
<br />Kuakini, I mean to Queen Kaahumanu so that that’s the only route that they’ve got to or, not the
<br />only route, but it would be the most convenient route to just stay on Queen Kaahumanu. They
<br />would choose to go Alii Drive; and it introduces more traffic to Alii Drive, that’s probably true.
<br />And that’s why some of the short-term mitigation measures that we had planned for the Keauhou
<br />area we hope will address that concern, just during that PM peak, just during that PM peak, when
<br />that option of using the Bypass is available.
<br />DOMINGO: Are you folks planning to install a signal light at that junction?
<br />SUMADA: At the Kaleiopapa intersection?
<br />DOMINGO: I don’t know which street you’re referring to but at the junction where that
<br />Mamalahoa Bypass terminates and merge into the existing Alii Drive and the other street that
<br />you mentioned.
<br />SUMADA: The closest intersection that we have to where the Bypass connects up
<br />with Alii Drive is that Kaleiopapa intersection. I’m just trying to flip through, I want to get that
<br />big map. So at that intersection, initially it would be just the three-way stop, oh, here it is, okay.
<br />So Napoopoo junction here, Halekii Street, their community here, this is the Keauhou area.
<br />Kamehameha III is here, and this is Alii Drive, and this is Kaleiopapa. So the Bypass, the
<br />northern section that’s completed connects right up to Alii Drive, and it just flows right into it.
<br />So right at this intersection we would propose to put a signal light there, and hope to not only
<br />improve safety for the intersection but also to handle the flow or increase in traffic.
<br />DOMINGO: Mr. Sumada, you mentioned that you’ll try to restrict or, I don’t know if
<br />that’s the proper description, but to restrict heavy truck traffic going down Halekii Street. How
<br />will you folks do that?
<br />SUMADA: Well, basically, it’s to go through Council and get a weight restriction on
<br />the road so that trucks traveling down Halekii Street will not be able to do that. But you have to
<br />give the trucks an option. I mean, you cannot just put a restriction and then, you know, so what,
<br />they’ve got to drive all the way around here, all the way around to use the Bypass to get to where
<br />they need to go to. That’s why in the short-term mitigation measures, this is the Yamagata
<br />property right here, and that Yamagata Road is actually a one-lane road and it is in place. So by
<br />having that option available to the construction trucks, then they have a way to get to where they
<br />need to go to. So, you know, as far as truck restrictions, it’s like you basically leave it to the
<br />honesty or the good citizenship of the truck driver. You know, but for them that’s their business
<br />too. So I think if we gave them, as opposed to posting a policeman, you know, on Halekii Street
<br />all the time which I’m not sure they can do, having this Yamagata Road open for them would be
<br />a good alternative; and it would be more practical. According to the, talking with the Oceanside
<br />folks, most of their truck traffic will be coming from the north from Alii Drive and using the
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