HART WEEKLY eBLAST  | AUGUST 22, 2014

  

HERE COMES THE SCHOOL JAM

 

Summer vacation is drawing to a close, and traffic congestion on Oahu will definitely increase beginning Monday, as more than 50,000 university, college and private school students return to classes to begin their fall semesters.  State and city transportation leaders are encouraging people to "Beat the School Jam" by making use of carpooling, bicycling, walking and riding TheBus to avoid the increased traffic congestion.

Soon, rail transit will be added to the mix of alternatives to driving cars and trucks to and from school everyday.  

The rail line will serve several higher education campuses when the 20-mile alignment opens in 2019.  They include four UH system campuses:  University of Hawaii-West Oahu in Kapolei, Leeward Community College in Waipahu, Honolulu Community College in Kalihi-Palama, and the University's John A. Burns School of Medicine in Kakaako. 

UH-Manoa students will be able to ride eastbound trains to the Ala Moana Center station to make connections with TheBus, and possibly shuttle services to campus. HART officials are already discussing extending the rail system to the Manoa campus and have made this a top priority as the initial route is completed.

For many students, rail transit will provide a reliable, fast, affordable and convenient way to get to and from school---a great way to avoid congestion and beat the school jam.

  

ALA MOANA TOD WORKSHOP 


 
A stretch of Kapiolani Boulevard near Ala Moana Center could be transformed into a sidewalk mall as part of transit-oriented development in the area.


 

Ala Moana area residents will have the chance next week to see and provide comments on the Department of Planning and Permitting's Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan for their neighborhood. 

 

The department has scheduled a workshop for Wednesday, August 27 at the Washington Middle School Cafeteria to present the draft plan, which was put together after two earlier public workshops and several meetings with stakeholders. 

 

The school is located at 1633 South King Street.  The meeting is scheduled to get underway at 6 p.m. 

 

See you there. 


 WEEKLY TRAFFIC ALERT

 

 

 

 

EWA

Farrington Highway between Kualakai Parkway (North-South Road) and Old Fort Weaver Road will be closed Monday through Friday between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. through the end of August. Motorists should instead use either the H-1 Freeway or Kapolei Parkway.

 

Left turns from Farrington Highway onto Fort Weaver Road northbound will be restricted 24/7 through the end of August. Eastbound drivers using Farrington Highway will need to take a detour up Leoku Street and use either Leolua Street or Waipahu Street to access Fort Weaver Road.

 

H-1 WAIAWA INTERCHANGE

One southbound lane of the H-2 Freeway near the H-1/H-2 merge will be closed Sunday, 

August 24 to Thursday, August 28 between 8:30 p.m. and 4 a.m.

 

WAIPAHU

The inside lanes of Farrington Highway between Leokane Street and Pupukahi Street will be closed from Monday, August 25 to Friday, August 29 between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.

 

Eastbound lanes of Farrington Highway between Waipahu Depot Street and Mokuola Street will be closed from Monday, August 25 to Friday, August 29 between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.

 

The inside lanes of Farrington Highway between Paiwa Street and Kahualii Street will be closed from Monday, August 25 to Friday, August 29 between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. Westbound left-turn lane pockets at the Paiwa Street and Waipio Point Access Road intersections will be shortened during the construction.

  

The outside lanes of Farrington Highway fronting Waipahu High School will be closed from Monday, August 25 to Friday, August 29 between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.

 

PEARL CITY

Various sections  of Kamehameha Highway along the outside lanes in both directions in Pearl City and Aiea will be closed for overhead utility work.

  

One westbound lane of Farrington Highway near Pearl Highlands Center will be closed from Monday, August 25 to Friday, August 29 between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.

 

  
Two westbound lanes and two eastbound lanes along Kamehameha Highway between Waiawa Road and Kuleana Road will be closed from Monday, August 25 to Friday, 

 

August 29 between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. The Acacia Road intersection will be closed after 

9 p.m.

 

The outside eastbound lane of Kamehameha Highway between Acacia Road and Waimano Home Road will be closed weekdays 24/7, and an additional eastbound lane will be closed weekdays between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.

 

The inner eastbound lane of Kamehameha Highway near Kuleana Road, including the left turn at Kuleana, will be closed 24/7 for the next several weeks.  One eastbound lane will also be closed weekdays between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

 

AIEA
Two lanes of Kamehameha Highway in both between Kuleana Road and Hekaha Street and between Pali Momi Street and Honomanu Street will be closed from Monday, August 25 to Friday August 29 between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. Eastbound traffic will be directed to a temporary lane during the work hours.
 
The left eastbound lane of Kamehameha Highway between Lipoa Place and Pali Momi Street will be closed 24/7.

The right eastbound lane of Kamehameha Highway between the Moanalua Freeway on-ramp and Salt Lake Boulevard will be closed 24/7 until further notice.   One westbound lane of Kamehameha Highway in the same vicinity will be closed from Monday, August 25 to Friday, August 29 between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. and between 7:30 p.m. and 
5:30 a.m.
 
The eastbound Moanalua Freeway on-ramp near McGrew Point will be closed from Monday, August 25 to Friday, August 29 between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m.

DOWNTOWN/KAKAAKO
The westbound lane of Halekauwila Street between Punchbowl Street and Mililani Street will be closed temporarily Monday, August 25 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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