Kokua Line
Kokua Line
What is the status of the construction at Kalakaua and Paoakalani avenues in Waikiki? The intersection has been occupied by equipment for over a year and is a huge danger to pedestrians crossing the street. Waikiki construction
gear likely to stay
till January"Kokua Line" answered a similar query in August. Back then, the city's
response was that a microtunneling machine went off alignment because of unstable soil conditions.
The work, to install a new pressurized waste-water pipeline to replace one with insufficient capacity, began in May 1997 and was supposed to take a year.
In August the prediction was that the delayed work would be completed in mid-December. The target date now is May 1999.
The latest word on the delay is that "the microtunneling head was stuck, and there was a change in the project engineer for the contractor," said city spokesman Doug Woo.
Plans are to remove the boring head in January, Woo said.
The Gas Co. has been working in the Liliha area. Workers have been parking a huge truck with cones around it on Mahalo Street for more than a week. It is blocking traffic on the narrow two-lane street and forcing pedestrians, many of them elderly, to walk on the street. It is a safety hazard. How can we get the truck removed?
"We apologize for the inconvenience caused residents in the neighborhood," said Gasco spokesman Stafford Kiguchi. The truck being parked there was "a mistake," he said.
A contractor hired to help with maintenance work on Gasco's underground utility pipeline was told not to park there.
Work will be halted during the holidays but will restart Jan. 4 for one to two weeks, Kiguchi said.
"Our crews try to be as unobtrusive as possible," he said. But if anyone has concerns, he said to call 594-5549.
More than a dozen people responded to a couple offering to give away hundreds of paper sacks accumulated from grocery shopping (Dec. 19 "Kokua Line"). Sts. Peter and Paul and St. Pius X churches said they could use them to package food for the needy, while a couple of schools (St. Theresa and Ewa Beach Elementary) and teachers said students could use them to make book covers, costumes, etc. Don't trash those bags
The names were sent to the couple making the offer.
Meanwhile, Mike M. noted some stores give a few cents off per bag if you bring your own. "When the bagger says, 'Paper or plastic?' you can say: 'Neither one. I brought my own!' " he said.
To the idiots illegally playing fireworks. Their selfish lack of respect for the law, lack of consideration for neighbors and the inability of police to enforce the law, makes me, who has lived here all his life and played them, support a total, nonreligious ban on fireworks. -- No name Auwe
To the city for restricting surfboard unloading in Waikiki (Dec. 10 "Kokua Line"). You can't unload your board and park because of limited two-hour parking within walking distance. The best you can do is park on the Ala Wai, which is a good 30-minute walk. There are no locker spaces available; the waiting list is 10 years. I'll be dead by then. I am 74 years old and surfed in Waikiki in the '30s and '40s. We promoted the tourist industry in the early days, and now we're being shut out. The city should put up more locker spaces, especially for seniors. -- Timmy Choy Auwe
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