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Kokua Line June Watanabe |
‘No Left Turn’ sign
left over after work
Question: I work in the very busy Cannery Row area where Costco is. Someone made a major boo-boo in that the traffic light on Dillingham Boulevard, next to Cutter Dodge, has separate cycles for right turns onto Dillingham and left turns into the little private road there. We could save one cycle, especially if no one pushes the walk light. Can you look into that?Answer: Actually, the boo-boo is that someone forgot to take down the "no left turn" sign for drivers coming out of that roadway.
That sign should be removed by the end of this week, the city Department of Transportation Services told Kokua Line.
With that left turn soon to be allowed, the extra cycle now makes sense.
"It looks like the 'No Left Turn' sign was only supposed to be a temporary sign for the construction, and someone forgot to remove it when construction was finished," a transportation engineer explained.
Q: Kinau Street funnels westbound and eastbound offramp traffic to and down Pensacola Street. What's with the parking on Pensacola between Beretania and Young streets? It clogs traffic considerably.
A: The city Department of Transportation Services indicated it's a matter of balancing traffic considerations with business interests.
There is a "Tow-away Zone, 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. except Saturdays, Sundays and State Holidays" restriction on the Ewa side of Pensacola during the morning peak hours "to improve traffic flow in this area," according to a transportation official.
During other times, metered parking stalls on both sides of Pensacola in that area "provide parking opportunities for patrons of surrounding businesses and area residents," the official said.
Q: Has the traffic light timing been changed at Hawaii Kai Drive and Wailua Street? Drivers heading mauka on Hawaii Kai Drive wishing to turn right onto Wailua, to get to Lunalilo Home Road, seem to now have to wait an unusually long time for the right-turn arrow. Traffic in this lane now backs up to the Hawaii Kai Shopping Center routinely, whether it's a.m. or p.m.
A: The timing has not been changed, according to the Department of Transportation Services.
However, the department said it will monitor the intersection and adjust the timing, if necessary, for the morning and afternoon hours.
Help return headstone
Officials of St. Theresa Church on School Street are looking for the owner(s) of a headstone left in the church's Adoration Chapel several months ago.The inscription on the headstone notes the deceased as Masao Yamada, Feb. 10, 1898 - Aug. 3, 1960; and Yoshiko Yamada, May 3, 1901 - June 7, 1963.
Officials believe someone may have stolen the headstone from a gravesite, then left it in the chapel. Several cemeteries were contacted, with no luck, and the Department of Health would not disclose any information because of privacy laws.
Call the St. Theresa Rectory Office, 521-1700, if you have any information to help return the headstone to its proper place.
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