Kapaa/Waipouli bypass extension opens!!!

Anyone who spent any part of their precious vacation snailing along the main highway through Kapaa and Waipouli can appreciate this good news.

Kapaa/Waipouli bypass extension opens!!!

WOW! First Costco, and now this! ;-) Where does the extension run? Last I knew it was only a twinkle in the county%26#39;s eye.

Kapaa/Waipouli bypass extension opens!!!

pzp...have a gander:

www.khnl.com\Global/story.asp?s=5974574

don%26#39;t get too excited.

the real bottleneck is the river bridge. All this bypass does is allow you to go around about 500 yds of Kapaa from Olohena road to the current split off.

So you can move a little more rapidly to get ready to wait.

there is a larger project in the works that puts a fourth lane over the river and adds a lane from the bypass to the bridge + a turn lane in front of the new Coco Palms. Theoretically this was to be ready by late 2008 or early 2009 but even when the Mayor was making that promise if you added up the timeline being given by the DOT boys in the same meeting there was a year missing. Since that meeting, they haven%26#39;t done squat that I can see.

Don%26#39;t ask who pointed that out and got the major red faced.

to answer PZP%26#39;s question.

This is a one lane southbound bypass that goes from just south of Kawaiihau road (not olohena like I said above -- sorry) to the new roundabout at Olohena road.

dave820...guess you had to be there. Thanks for the reality check. I kind of scratched my head when I saw the bridge and envisioned a clogged funnel.

Yeah -- I wasn%26#39;t too popular. ';speedy'; as Mayor Baptiste is known was not best pleased (he%26#39;s a nice guy, just moves at a glacial pace in more ways than one). At the time it was campaign season but in the end he was virtually unopposed. No idea if the pressure is off as a result.

Some of the hangup is the developed of the Coco Palms is supposed to contribute multi millions to the bridge/lanes projects (there are 2 pieces supposedly to speed things up). I think their project has been slowed.

Hee-hee - red-faced Mayor Baptiste!! Bad Dave, bad,bad!!

All the County is doing is digging a bunch of holes in the highway in front of the old Seashell restaurant from 10pm until about 3am, pissing off a bunch of people in the process, then filling the holes back up.

If I was any more cynical, I%26#39;d think it was a conspiracy between the County and the Coco Palms developer to get more land. Make so much noise that people can%26#39;t live around there and will be willing to sell out. Suddenly. there%26#39;s more room for the Coco Palms %26amp; Seashell restaurant.......

i think most of those holes are for a water main. Hope Speedy has enough funds to go it alone if need be. The highway widening makes good sense, but installing an Acro bridge on 80 year old pilings doesn%26#39;t impress me. As usual, no time and money to do it right up front. But we%26#39;ll have all the time in the world to do it over later.

As for the Coco Palms, I%26#39;m wondering how many people out there in the world want a $1 million condo on the wrong side of a 4 lane highway from the beach? Some of these prices are just amazing. Starting to see people trying to flip their WBV units....ho ho ho.

Jeezo.........

COSTCO%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;BYPASS ROAD%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;

What has happened in the few years since I have been to this beautiful place. My husband just informed me we are going in 2 weeks ( a Valentine surprise!!!) so I thought I%26#39;d do some digging. Wow!!

Where is Costco?

Is traffic still that bad?

Any info on new places to eat and drink would be fun!!! Ho! Ho!

Thanks All!!!

Glynnis

costco is in Lihue next to the Kukui Grove Shopping Center and Home Depot.

Traffic is worse.

Lots of restaurant threads re new/old favorites depending on where you are looking. Have a nice trip!