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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
More signs and markings are shown Friday at Wood Street and Pali Highway where a pedestrian was recently hit and killed.
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The newly installed safety measure placed by the state Department of Transportation last week Friday is new to the community, but it is not new to Oahu (“State installs pedestrian safety pilot project on Pali,” Star-Advertiser, Oct. 20).
Part of the “gateway in-street treatment” is actually used in different locations of Oahu.
The fluorescent yellow signs have been installed in smaller, yet busy corridors on Kona Iki street near Ala Moana Center and on East Manoa Road near the Manoa Marketplace.
These signs were installed approximately five years ago and nine years ago, respectively.
The complete project includes the 36-inch-tall delineators, which is an effective measure used by the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Let’s hope that this pilot project will be successful. After all, the signs speak loud and clear. It is state law that drivers stop for pedestrians within crosswalks.
Alexis M. Liftee
Nuuanu
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Correction: An Oct. 23 letter to the editor misstated when pedestrian warning signs were installed. Kona Iki signs were installed about five years ago; East Manoa Road signs, about nine years ago.