HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0841.001 1996-1998
June 16, 1498 RECEIVED
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To whom it may concern: County Council
Regarding Bill 245 that calls for reducing the speed on Waianuenue Ave. (in the
Piihonua area) from 35 to 25 miles per hour (mph), I would like to go on record as being
against reducing the speed limit.
I live on Waianuenue and have lived there for thirty-eight years. I have raised
four children on that street and I have seen it change as the community has grown. Very
frequently I sit on my front porch in the afternoon watching the day light fade into dark.
I want to emphasize "frequently", because I do not think anyone in the neighborhood
spends more time on his or her front porch than I do. From my porch I see many cars and
trucks and motorcycles and occasionally a pedestrian or two. I can tell you that almost
everyone seems very well behaved. Occasionally a car goes by too fast. It does appear
to me that it is the same people that go too fast. However, they are not being recklessly
fast. A very, very few appear to be reckless. For the most part, people recognize the
area as residential and respect the speed limit
Piihonua was, and still is, a residential neighborhood. The road passing through it
is substandard and that is a separate problem, which confuses the issue. The issue of
speed verses risk is as valid here as anywhere. That brings me to my point: Waianuenue
today is a main commuting route!
35mph is a reasonable speed that allows normal drivers opportunity to react to a
normal emergency. 25 mph is a "proceed under extreme caution" speed as in a school
zone. It is unfair to impose a 25mph limit on all those people who must pass through our
section of Waianuenue just to pacify a relatively small number of complainants. I could
support such a move if a link between the posted 35mph limit can be clearly made with
the cause of the unstated problems some people are concerned about. Also, will a sign
with a 25 on it slow down those few who insist on going 45 mph all the time, or the
occasional reckless driver who has something else on his or her mind besides how fast
they are going? Those of us, who do abide with 35mph now, do so because it is
reasonable.
Piihonua is no longer the exclusive neighborhood in the cane fields. We are part
of a larger community now. Our road must serve the needs of that larger community.
If speed is the problem, enforce the 35mph speed limit we have. If the condition
road is the problem, it requires a different solution.
Respectfully submitted,
Annette E. Jensen
1666 Waianuenue Ave.
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