Roy Shigemura New Waianae access would create problems I was as frustrated as just about anyone over the fact that a lone gunman could hold an entire community hostage. Many have called for an alternative mauka route. Certainly this has merit. Just one traffic accident can shut down Farrington Highway, effectively closing access to or exit from the Leeward Coast. Yet, we must carefully consider building another highway.
More access means more development.
What is a beautiful, and relatively tourist-free, area of Oahu would become very tempting for developers once greater access is a reality. And, of course, traffic to a far greater degree than now. Jerry Ford Highway signs could have warned of crisis We were in Honolulu when we heard about the crisis in Nanakuli. Several stations that say they are 24-hour news stations had no local news. The electronic signs on H-1 could have told in 3 or 4 words what the highway situation was, but they had no message.