Motorists traveling to and from Kapolei are reminded to expect traffic delays.
The city has begun an estimated 45 days of extensive nighttime repaving work on Kapolei Parkway, between Kamokila and Kalaeloa boulevards.
Work hours for cold planing and paving are 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays. Adjustment of utility manholes and covers, installation of permanent pavement markings and vehicle loop sensors will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays with additional work possible on weekends.
No work, however, will be performed from Dec. 22 through Jan. 1 due to the holidays.
Contractor Maui Kupono Builders LLC is coordinating local traffic, including access to homes by residents, deliveries, trash collection and emergency services. On-street parking will be prohibited during working hours. Illegally parked vehicles could be towed if necessary at the owner’s expense.
‘Harry Potter’ translated into Hawaiian
The first book in author J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series is available in Hawaiian.
Richard Keao NeSmith, a faculty member at University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literature, translated “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” as “Harry Potter a me ka Pohaku Akeakamai.”
NeSmith said it took him about six weeks to complete the job. It’s not the first time he has translated classic children’s books. In 2013 he released a Hawaiian version of “The Little Prince,” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, and also translated J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” and Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
He intends to translate the rest of the Harry Potter series.
Forecasters warn of strong winds
The National Weather Service on Sunday issued a wind advisory for northern and southern portions of the Big Island, Maui’s Central Valley and portions of Lanai and Kahoolawe until 6 p.m. tonight. Forecasters warned of northeasterly winds of between 20 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph that could knock down tree branches and cause sporadic power outages.
The weather service also issued a gale warning for waters off Kauai, Oahu, Maui and the Big Island until 6 a.m. Tuesday. A gale warning means winds of 34 to 47 knots are imminent, and inexperienced mariners without properly equipped vessels should seek safe harbor.
A high-surf warning remained in effect Sunday for west-facing shores of Niihau, Kauai and Molokai and north-facing shores of Oahu, Maui and the Big Island. A high-surf advisory remained in effect for west-facing shores of Oahu and east-facing shores of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and the Big Island. Rough and choppy surf is expected to continue along east-facing shores throughout the week as strong tradewinds persist, forecasters said.
