The current Pali landslide situation and road closures are a clear reminder of the need for a Kaneohe bypass.

It should be relatively easy, consisting of two sets of ramps connecting the H-3 Freeway and Likelike Highway. First, put offramps from the Likelike Hwy (both Kaneohe-bound and townbound) onto the H-3 toward Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

Second, put offramps from the H-3 townbound onto the Likelike Highway toward both town and Kaneohe. It shouldn’t cost rail-proportion money and would give Windward drivers a much-needed break from the congestion through Kaneohe and interminable Kahekili Highway and Windward City traffic lights along the Likelike.

It should provide relief to the nearby side-street traffic that creates unsafe Kaneohe neighborhoods for our keiki and elderly (traffic circles will not reduce the overflow) and would also reduce H-1 traffic between the Likelike and H-3.

Jeff Esmond

Kahaluu

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