I won’t repeat all the points that have been written already by Tina Jensen (“Traffic getting worse on North Shore road,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, Aug. 1) and Liza Liew (“Laniakea traffic jam is a real emergency,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, July 29). We who live on the North Shore and have to travel that 4.5 miles from Pupukea to Haleiwa town know all too well, how long that little stretch of road can take.

While it’s certainly aggravating and inconvenient to be in stop-and-go traffic for sometimes up to an hour for four to five miles, legislators need to look more closely at the safety of people crossing that section of road.

Recently, a little 10-year-old boy was hit by a car crossing that section at Laniakea on Kamehameha Highway. What is it going to take before the powers that be find a solution to make it safer, and get that road moving?

I hope it won’t take another accident, or God forbid, a death, before the city makes some road improvements.

Penny E. Nakamura

Haleiwa

Click here to read more Letters to the Editor.