No changes afoot for H-1 despite crush of complaints

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 27, 2012

~~<p>Question: I really like the new four-lane striping on the H-1 freeway near the Vineyard Boulevard offramp, but I see a problem there. In the Ewa direction, some people get in the extreme right lane and drive all the way until just before the Pali exit, then slow down or even stop, trying to merge back to the left and continue on H-1.</p>
<p>This backs up traffic going to the Pali and in several cases I saw near-collisions. Between the Vineyard and Pali offramps, is it possible to have solid striping to prevent merging left in that area?</p>
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Question: I really like the new four-lane striping on the H-1 freeway near the Vineyard Boulevard offramp, but I see a problem there. In the Ewa direction, some people get in the extreme right lane and drive all the way until just before the Pali exit, then slow down or even stop, trying to merge back to the left and continue on H-1.

This backs up traffic going to the Pali and in several cases I saw near-collisions. Between the Vineyard and Pali offramps, is it possible to have solid striping to prevent merging left in that area? Login for more...