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Question: I am planning to visit your beautiful island in August and want to know if the messy, noisy, tourist-unfriendly work on Kalakaua Avenue along Waikiki Beach will be completely finished before I get there. I read in January about the discovery of ancient bones by workmen and the article stated work would be completed by June. I would like to avoid the construction if at all possible, even if it means changing my hotel reservations to someplace outside Waikiki. Visitor wants to
know status of road workAnswer: Most of the work on Kalakaua fronting the beach should be completed by the time you reach here, since the Board of Water Supply is aiming for a June 12 deadline.
Work on the $2.4-million water-main project temporarily was halted in March, after 37 sets of human bones were dug up under Kalakaua Avenue.
But work has resumed and the contractor has been rushing to complete installation of a 16-inch water main so that the road can be repaved and opened in time for the Kamehameha Day Parade, said Denise DeCosta, spokeswoman for the Board of Water Supply.
The immediate need is to complete installing and testing the water main before it is placed in service, she said.
After that, she said work to connect the new main to Monsarrat and Kapahulu avenues, at the Diamond Head end of Waikiki, will resume in late summer.
Q: What are the traffic regulations regarding seat belts? Specifically, what is the penalty for people who don't use seat belts in the back seat of a car?
A: Currently, state law requires seat belts to be worn only by front-seat occupants, while children under age 4 must be restrained in child car seats.
However, if Senate Bill 2311 is signed into law by Gov. Ben Cayetano, minors under 18 would be required to also buckle up in the back seat.
Right now, the fine for people not wearing seat belts is $20. The bill would increase fines to $45 for each person caught in violation.
Fines are much harsher for people who don't place their children in child safety seats: a $100 fine, plus attendance at a four-hour class that costs $57.
Q: Do you know where I can purchase a newspaper delivery box similar to a residential mailbox? I remember these were readily available in the 1960s and '70s, but I can't seem to find one now.
A: You can purchase black "newspaper tubes" from the Hawaii Newspaper Agency for $6 each.
You can either pick one up at the front information desk at the News Building, 605 Kapiolani Blvd., or call HNA customer service at 525-7425.
Mahalo
To a very kind of gentleman, an employee of Circuit City, who came to assist us when our car would not start. We were parked in a stall at Pearlridge Circuit City on the day before Easter Sunday. He brought his jumper cables and started the car in minutes. We're sorry we didn't get his name. -- Mary and Alice
Auwe
To the two women who were at the bus stop on Moanalua Road in Aiea fronting Aiea Shopping Center on Friday, April 7, at 4:45 p.m. I hope when the two of you are victims of a verbal crime by a drunken male that you don't feel like the whole world is laughing at you the way you both laughed at me. After the male started hitting the rubbish container because I just ignored him then moved on, the two of you got up and walked away like I was the dangerous one. -- No name
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