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STREETWISE

Queen Emma/School
light may be delayed

People going Diamond Head on
School Street would have more
time to turn left.

By Harold Morse
Star-Bulletin

The Nuuanu/Punchbowl Neighborhood Board is interested in installation of a delayed green traffic light at Queen Emma and School streets.

The idea is to allow people going in the Diamond Head direction on School Street to have more time to make a left turn.

Queen Emma becomes Lusitana Street on the mauka side of the intersection, and what's involved is a hard left on Lusitana which angles to the left from School Street.

Joe Magaldi, who is a board member, deputy city transportation services director and mayor's representative to the board, told the board Tuesday night he would take the request to his department and report back.

Although many Diamond Head-bound motorists turn right at that intersection, some turn left, and those drivers would like a delayed green light to allow them more time to make the left onto Lusitana, Magaldi said later.

"Right now what happens, particularly in the morning, a few go left and some go right," he added. "It jams everything up in that small intersection."

The city will study whether a delayed green light is the best solution, rather than a green arrow, Magaldi said.

"The quickest is a delayed green. ... It may not be necessary for an arrow," he said. "Ewa-bound would be held up by red, while Diamond Head-bound would have more green to make a left turn."

"It is a very dangerous corner," said board member Audrey Hidano. "The cars coming down from Diamond Head to Ewa come down awfully fast. They come down in droves."

"I think a green arrow would be the safest." The sun is in the eyes of motorists at certain times, she added. "There's a lot of foot traffic getting to Royal School on that corner."

Some traffic light modification could do more than make vehicle traffic safer, she said. "It would be safer for the children."

'Difficult geology' brings traffic respite in Kalaheo Avenue sewer work Star-Bulletin staff A snag has temporarily halted work on the city's Kalaheo Avenue sewer reconstruction project in the Aikahi vicinity. The city crews on the project "encountered difficult geology of a lot of different sorts," said Chris Parsons, spokesman for the construction management engineer, Carter and Burgess, consultants to the city. Once a large caisson (a watertight box needed for such work) goes in, it sinks. The city, contractor Delta-Kinsel and the construction management engineer are trying to figure out an effective solution, Parsons said. Work near the Kainui Drive-North Kalaheo intersection stopped a little more than a month ago, Parsons said. Meanwhile, traffic restrictions have been waived. "In terms of traffic flow on Kalaheo, it's normal now," Parsons said. "Work on the Kailua Road end has been pretty much completed." The overall $36 million project will ultimately replace and rebuild 26,000 feet of deteriorating sewer line from Aumoe Road near Kailua Beach Park to the Kailua Wastewater Treatment Plant in Aikahi.

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Streetwise

Roadwork planned this week throughout Oahu:

LEEWARD OAHU

Ewa Beach
Old Fort Weaver and North roads; Fort Weaver Road from Farrington Highway to Hanakahi Street; Farrington Highway from Piliokoe Bridge to Kahe Power Plant in the vicinity of Tracks Beach Park; and Fort Weaver Road at Renton Road and near Kahua Ranch Nursery.

Makakilo
H-1 from Palehua Separation to Waikele Bridge.

Maili
Mynah Street and Place; Monilial Place; and Heleuma, Okokomo and Okohola streets.

Waianae
Hakalina Road from Pahihi to Puhawai roads.

CENTRAL OAHU

Kunia
Vicinity of Kunia Interchange to Waikele Stream Bridge; H-1 freeway in the vicinity of Kunia Interchange; and Kunia Road from Anonui Street to South Kupuna Loop.

Haleiwa
Haiku Valley Bridge Tunnel.

Wahiawa
Intersection of Wilikina Drive and Kamananui Road; and Ilima Street.

Waipio
Farrington Highway, Leoole to Awanui streets; and Paiwa to Leoku streets.

Waipahu
Intersection of Waipahu and Awamoi streets; Lumiaina Street from the Board of Water Supply Waipahu Wells II facility on Kukula Street to its facility on Lumiaina Street; Kahuanui Street between Kahuanani and Kahuahale streets; Kahuanani Street between Kahuanui and Kahu streets; Kahuanui Street from Paiwa to Kahuanani streets; Waipahu Depot Road from Haakoa Place to the Waipahu Incinerator; Pupuole Place; and Awaia, Awanei, Awanui, Paiwa and Pupuole streets.

Aiea
Moanalua Road from Punanani Channel to Pali Momi Street; Kaonohi Street between Alania and Kahapili streets; Kahapili Street between Kaonohi and Kaonohi streets; Maohu Place; and Akaaka, Ilee, Kulawai, Neki, Ulune and Kaamilo streets.

Pearl City
Kamehameha Highway from Acacia Road to Honomanu Street; Komo Mai Drive from Waimano Home Road to Hookupa Street; and Spine Road.

HONOLULU

Foster Village
Halupa Street from Haloa Drive to Punihi Street.

Pearl Harbor
Vicinity of Arizona Memorial.

Kalihi
Skyline Drive; Ashford, Lima, Kamalii and Hillcrest streets; and Gulick Avenue.

Liliha
Huli Street.

Nuuanu
Kahawalu Drive; and Ragsdale and Homelani places.

Kakaako
Keawe Street on Ala Moana, South and Queen streets, and Nimitz Highway and River Street to end at Hotel Street; and Rycroft Street from Birch to Piikoi streets.

Kapiolani
Kapiolani Interchange; Kapiolani Boulevard between Old Waialae Road and King Street; and Harding and First avenues to Kapiolani Boulevard.

Moiliili
Date Street between Isenberg Street and University Avenue.

Punahou/University
H-1 from vicinity of Punchbowl Offramp to Kapiolani Interchange; Bingham from Punahou to Isenberg streets; and Lunalilo Street from Liholiho to Kaihee and Ernest to Pensacola streets.

Waialae
Old Waialae Interchange to Ainakoa Avenue; and Aha Nui Place.

Kaimuki
Narcissus Place.

Waikiki
Ala Wai Boulevard between Ala Moana and Kalakaua Avenue; and Kalakaua Avenue from Kaiulani to Kapahulu avenues.

Wilhelmina Rise
Maunahilu, Pakolu and Pili places; and Paula Drive between Maunahilu Place and Iwi Way.

WINDWARD OAHU

Kaneohe
Kahekili, Kamehameha and Likelike highways from Waihee Road to Kaneohe Bay Drive; Lihika and Laenani drives and the section of Kamehameha Highway connecting the two streets; Mapele Place and Road; Ahilani, Ahuimanu and Pulama roads; 45-637 Uhilehua Street; and Nakuluai, Namoku and Kenela streets.

Kahaluu
Ahuimanu Road; and Kialua, Hoopai and Poomau streets.

Hauula
Keala, Kawaipapa and Puuowaa roads; Waikulama Street; and Kamehameha Highway from Pipilani to Kaupau places.

Kailua
Halekou to Kaneohe Marine Corps Base interchanges; Kalaheo Avenue between Wilikoki and Kaiholu places; Aumoe Street; and Mokapu Saddle Road at Kaneohe Bay Drive.

Waimanalo
Kumuhau Street from Waikupanaha to Mahailua streets; Waipahu Street from Amokii Street to Waikele Road; and Humuniki Street.

EAST OAHU

Niu Valley
Paiko Drive; and Niuiki Circle.

Kuliouou
Kuliouou Road; Keoki, Pahukula and Wakine places; and Kaimoku Place and Way.

Hawaii Kai
Various streets from Hawaii Kai to Aina Haina.

Makapuu
Kalanianaole Highway from Makapuu Lookout to Kealahou Street.