District 3: Less than 1 lane mile of road ‘failed’

A survey done late last fall found that 73.1 percent of District 3’s city-owned roads were in "fair" condition or better, which is slightly better than the 72.2 percent of city roads islandwide found to be in fair shape or better. Four other districts had higher percentages than District 3 with roads in fair shape or better overall.

Meanwhile, nearly 27 percent of District 3’s roads were in "poor" shape or worse — also slightly better than the 27.8 of roads islandwide found to be poor or worse. Four districts had lower percentages than District 3 of roads in poor shape or worse.

District 3 hardly had any roads considered "failed," or the worst of the worst. Only seven-hundredths of a mile were classified as failed.

Nonetheless, the Windward district had plenty of streets considered poor, at 63 lane miles. It also contained nearly 50 lane miles of "very poor" roads and more than 21 miles of roads in "serious" condition.

YOUR COMMENTS

Star-Advertiser readers sound off on island roads via Facebook, online story comments and emailed feedback:

Have you seen the potholes on the H-1 westbound after the Sears Distribution center? So deep the REBAR is visible!
—Catharine Kent

Please hurry up and fix Waialae Avenue, it’s pretty bad. Although you should focus on Kalihi area and downtown area around Ward, it’s even worse there.
—Connor Asato

I don’t know who took the pictures used to depict various conditions or to use them but the one showing "good" actually shows a terrible asphalt concrete pavement with almost complete oxidation of the binder (asphalt). Whoever it was obviously does not know what a good AC pavement should look like. We are using the wrong type of binder, wrong mix design, very poor compaction or all of the above. This is how we waste our taxpayers’ money — by doing it incorrectly to begin with.
—engineersoldier

They repaved the street in Waikele, Lumiauau for no reason, it was good. The road going to Costco Waipio is so bad. Why didn’t they do that?
—maximus

THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX

To rate how badly damaged a road’s surface is many cities including Honolulu use a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-designed point system. Roads are scored between 0 and 100, 0 being the worst and 100 being the best. The score is calculated mainly using three criteria: the type(s) of damage, how severe the damage is, and how extensive it is.

Because it’s a score, there could be different types of damage seen in different categories. Here’s a general idea of what drivers can expect.

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THE WORST ROADS IN DISTRICT 3

Some roads may have been repaired since the City and County of Honolulu conducted its survey in 2012. An asterisk (*) denotes city road segments that are not listed on the city’s repaving schedule. Many of those roads are still in the design phase and will go out to bid for construction within a year, officials say.