Question: Is there a way to find out when my street will be repaved? I don’t know why they skipped it.
Answer: The city Department of Design and Constructions posts both a list and a map of recently completed, ongoing and planned road repaving projects at its website. Both documents are searchable (the list by street and the map by street and neighborhood).
You did not supply your street address, so we can’t say for sure, but it could be that the city is waiting to repave your street until after another agency or company finishes separate work, such as electrical, telecommunications or sewer improvements. The city just announced that it will begin repaving residential, feeder and secondary streets in numerous Oahu neighborhoods that were not repaved earlier due to such “utility conflicts.”
The affected streets are in Foster Village, Honolulu, Kailua, Newtown, Mililani, Mililani Tech Park, Moanalua Valley, Pearlridge, Red Hill, Salt Lake, West Loch Estates and West Loch Fairways, according to a news release from the Mayor’s Office. The roadwork began Monday in West Loch Estates and will progress east. The entire project is expected to total about 100 lane miles, cost $24 million and be completed within 320 days.
Crews will be on the job between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, with some weekend work possible. Drivers should be cautious and expect delays. Street parking will be prohibited during construction hours, and illegally parked vehicles will be towed if necessary, at the owner’s expense.
Local residential traffic, deliveries and trash collection will not change. Grace Pacific LLC is coordinating local traffic, the city said. Motorists and residents are advised to call Grace Pacific at 842-3231 or AECOM at 366-2588 with any questions or concerns.
Besides the removal of worn-out pavement and resurfacing or reconstruction of asphalt concrete pavement, work is to include the inspection and adjustment of utility manhole frames and covers; pruning or removal of trees; reconstruction of damaged concrete curbs and gutters; and marking and striping of the new pavement. Speed bumps on private roads will be removed, according to the city.
Q: If you catch dengue fever, do you develop immunity?
A: Yes, but only to the one strain you caught, and there are four main types of dengue fever virus. “Having dengue fever with one type of dengue virus will not protect you from the other three types,” according to the Hawaii Department of Health. Moreover, patients infected with dengue fever more than once face increased risk of serious complications, according to the World Health Organization. There is no vaccine against the mosquito-borne illness, making preventing infection paramount.
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We have a mountain apple tree, and this year the fruit is delicious. My husband wanted to pick some fruit for our table and some for his friends. Would you believe, there was not one fruit left on the tree?! Thieves picked every fruit, even the very small ones — they picked it bare. Who would come onto someone’s private property to steal? We are not on the street. My neighbors in the back do not care for the fruit, so they never pick. It has to be someone who has been around here before. One cannot accuse unless you actually see it happening.
— A very disappointed individual
Mahalo
While we were dining at a Japanese restaurant at Kapolei Commons, a family of five came in and sat across the room. I was there with my two daughters, and we had two coupons for a percentage off a meal. So I went over and gave the family one of the coupons. The family finished eating before us, and the man came over with a young daughter and thanked us. I told him that he was welcome. While we were waiting for our bill, and after the family had gone, the waiter came over and told us the family had picked up our bill, also. It was so thoughtful of them, and the gesture will not go unrewarded. My daughters and I agreed that we would also pass along the kindness in the future. Mahalo and bless them. — A reader
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