I am a very part-time resident on the North Shore, as I spend most of my time working in Seoul, Korea. I regularly read The Garden Island on line. Ten years to widen 10 miles of highway? (“Highway widening could
I am a very part-time resident on the North Shore, as I spend most of my time
working in Seoul, Korea. I regularly read The Garden Island on line. Ten years
to widen 10 miles of highway? (“Highway widening could last a decade,” TGI
Sept. 9).
Perhaps a foreign contractor should be utilized. In Korea,
massive six-lane highways through complex, densely populated urban areas are
built in two to four years, including tunnels and numerous overpasses. I would
estimate that the proposed work around around Lihu’e and the Kapa’a bypass wold
be at most a six to nine-month job in Korea, and it would not cost anything
close to $300 million, leaving substantial funds for landscaping and other
aesthetic enhancements.
TOM PINANSKY
Princeville
