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New changes coming to UH Mānoa campus roads
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Roadwork near the University of Hawaii at Mānoa campus begins on June 2, and people heading to campus in the fall will see quite a few changes including a driving lane reduction, new bike lanes and more crosswalks.
The City and County of Honolulu's Complete Streets will begin improvements on Dole Street from St. Louis Drive and Lower Campus Road.
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Over the winter break, crews laid down the new pavement in the area.
'Now it's time to put down the final striping and we're excited to announce we're going to be making some layout changes to the roadway,' said Renee Espiau, the City and County's Complete Streets Administrator said. 'We drafted them up and saw an opportunity to do new bike lanes from St. Louis Drive to campus and upgrade the bike lanes through the UH campus.'
She said there was an overwhelming response for bike lanes and people wanted to bike to campus, but didn't feel safe sharing the order to add more space for bicycles, the four lanes of Dole Street will shrink between Lower Campus Road and East-West Road.
'Right now there's four lanes that run through campus, two lanes in each direction. We're going to be changing it to one lane in each direction with left-turn provisions,' Espiau said. 'So we don't anticipate any impacts to traffic on a normal basis, left turns are really what require that second lane.'
She said the remaining space will become bike lane buffer.
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'So it won't be immediately next to traveling vehicles anymore, there will be a little bit more space there and hopefully more comfortable for people who are biking in the area,' she added.
There will be standard bike lanes between East-West Road and St. Louis Drive. The city says turn lanes will support traffic demands and traffic should not be impacted.
According to city and county data, there have been over 40 injuries and one fatality on Dole Street between St. Louis Drive and University Avenue in the last 10 years.
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The fatality occurred on Dole and Donagho Road, and now a new crosswalk will be placed here as well as a pedestrian island.
Another pedestrian crosswalk island will be added at Legacy Walk.
'We're also making some upgrades to vehicle lanes, too. We have some left turn provisions at Kanewai Street, so we're hoping to make things out there better for everybody, for pedestrians, people driving and people biking,' Espiau said.
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Several parking spaces on the mauka side of Frank Street and St. Louis Drive will also be removed.
The goal is to complete the project by early July, before the start of Fall semester.
'So we ask people to be careful, it is a construction site and if they have feedback on the new striping let us know, we can make adjustments if there are any issues,' she added.
For more information on the Dole Street project, read the official plans here.
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