KALAHEO — Beneath the prongs at the end of the crane’s long arms, the bus stop shelter teetered over the sidewalk alongside Papalina Road. As the crane spanned the sidewalk and the structure hung in its sling, workers from DCO
KALAHEO — Beneath the prongs at the end of the crane’s long arms, the bus stop shelter teetered over the sidewalk alongside Papalina Road.
As the crane spanned the sidewalk and the structure hung in its sling, workers from DCO Construction and Tanigawa Construction prepared the sidewalk below under the rapidly-warming morning sun, anchoring the walls of two shelters that will become part of the Papalina Road bus stop.
“We put two of these in at the Ka Kela Makai subdivision project,” said Edward Nonaka, one of the four crewmen working on the project. “Somebody must’ve seen it and liked it, so here we are.”
Nonaka expected the project — only the second of its kind that they’ve seen — to take up most of the day.
The bus stop was a result of Kalaheo residents drawing attention for a safer alternative through the mayor’s Ka Leo program.
The shelter is the latest addition to a bus stop that has evolved from a sign to a pull-off and now a wind- and rain-protected structure, allowing Teen Edge — a county youth center in the adjacent Kalaheo Neighborhood Center — safer access to the bus. An opening at the bottom of the walls allows ventilation while keeping wind-driven rain to a minimum.
The Kalaheo Ka Leo meetings also resulted in a new sidewalk that runs the length of Maka Road from Kalaheo School to the intersection at Papalina.
The six-year Maka Road project converted Papalina Road to a one-way street and implemented a 15 mph school zone speed limit.
