WAILUA — The state Department of Transportation will be modifying Saturday contraflow hours on Kuhio Highway in the Wailua-Kapa‘a corridor beginning this Saturday, July 3.
WAILUA — The state Department of Transportation will be modifying Saturday contraflow hours on Kuhio Highway in the Wailua-Kapa‘a corridor beginning this Saturday, July 3.
The new schedule will result in reduced hours, shifting to 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. The old schedule was from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
In light of recent northbound traffic congestion, the DOT placed counters on Kuhio Highway the past two Saturdays to confirm the timing of the southbound traffic peak easing and the northbound traffic peak intensifying. The change in schedule addresses the northbound traffic issue that exists during the latter part of the contraflow timetable.
The Kuhio Highway weekday contraflow schedule remains unchanged: 4:15 to 11 a.m.
Traffic counts and efficiencies will continue to be monitored, and any future modifications to the contraflow schedule will be announced in advance.
There will still be traffic. It’s not even needed on the weekend.
Put a “No left turn” sign up at the Wailua Houselots signal light, during Contra Flow! This is the trouble spot that backs up the northbound traffic. Houselots residents will have to make a U-turn at the by-pass road and come back to the Houselots. A little headache, however, it will alleviate the congestion.
Great! I’ve been saying that they let it run too late the last couple weeks. It is needed because before they started contra-flow back up on Saturdays, southbound traffic would backup all the way to the Kapaa Post Office!