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IL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION <br />2.1 EXISTING CONDITIONS <br />The Downtown Hilo Sub -Area consists primarily of two -lane (one lane per direction) <br />roads, with the main exception being Kamehameha Avenue, which is a wider, four - <br />lane (two lanes per direction) road. For more information on the existing conditions, <br />see page D2. <br />Downtown traffic is made up mostly of passenger vehicles, busses, bicyclists, and <br />pedestrians. Kamehameha Avenue and Mamo Street are especially busy with <br />vehicular and pedestrian traffic on Wednesdays and Saturdays when the Hilo Farmers <br />Market is in operation. Kamehameha Avenue, adjacent to the Mooheau Bus <br />Terminal and the Hawaii Belt Road also services a majority of the bus traffic and <br />those heading to or coming from the Hamakua side of the island or the East side of <br />town. The remainder of the Downtown Hilo streets receives a lot of the local traffic <br />including people commuting to work or school or those doing business in downtown. <br />The overall downtown area becomes congested for a relatively short period in the <br />morning and in the afternoon on the days that at least one of the three Hilo public <br />schools (Hilo Union Elementary School, Hilo Intermediate School, and Hilo High <br />School) is in session. To help mitigate the morning work and school traffic, <br />temporary one -way routes on Kapiolani Street and Waianuenue Avenue were created. <br />2.2 ONE -WAY ROUTES <br />Permanent one -way routes include: <br />• Kilauea Avenue in the Hamakua (Northwesterly) direction, between Ponahawai <br />Street and Mamo Street. <br />• Kilauea Avenue in the Puna (Southeasterly) direction, between Haili Street and <br />Mamo Street. <br />• Nawahi Lane in the mauka (Southwesterly) direction. <br />• Punahoa Street in the Hamakua direction (Northwesterly), between Mamo Street <br />and Furneaux Lane. <br />• Furneaux Lane in the mauka direction. <br />• Keawe Street in the Hamakua (Northwesterly) direction, between Kilauea Avenue <br />and Wailuku Drive. <br />• Kalakaua Street in the mauka (Southwesterly) direction. <br />• Shipman Street in the makai (Northeasterly) direction. <br />• Wailuku Drive in the mauka (Southwesterly) direction, between Kamehameha <br />Avenue and Kinoole Street. <br />• Kekaulike Street in the Hamakua (Northwesterly) direction. <br />• Kinoole Street in the Puna (Southeasterly) direction, between Wailukaj Drive and <br />Ponahawai Street. <br />• Ululani Street in the Hamakua (Northwesterly) direction, between Waianuenue <br />Avenue and Wailuku Drive. <br />•3• <br />