Traffic

Waikapu Country Town Development Master Plan

• Roadway master plan 

Inquiry to Public Works Division

Right-Exit to Waiale Rd

SFA (Kirk) requested consideration for the right exit to the Waiale road extension to the County of Maui, Civil Engineer (Noly)

Status

Waiting for the review by Jordan Molina.

Concerns from Waikapu Residents

Safe walkway from the existing community to the school

6/19/25 Fehr and Peer's Review #2

The design intent is as follows,

• Main School entrance and exit on Puapualenalena street.

  • Long driveways to keep queuing cars off of public streets. Yes, the long driveways will provide a substantial amount of on-site queuing space.

• • Leads to (2)-100 stall parking lots.

  • Bus dropoff/pickup in between the parking lots.

• Driveway off of Puapualenalena street to Cafeteria loading and cafe staff parking. Same as before but one of the figures shows a loading zone here. The only way that this would work is if it is restricted to selected students. Otherwise, it would potentially cause queuing back to Puapualenalena Street. To avoid this, signage would need to be installed indicating no loading allowed and enforced by staff/security. This lot should serve limited traffic to minimize conflicts with pedestrians walking on the east side of Puapualena.

• Additional exit onto Waiale Rd > Right turn only. The design of this will have to be refined in consultation with the County to determine if an acceleration lane is needed/feasbile. As shown, it conflicts with the shared use path on the west side of Waiale Road. It may require encroaching the path partially onto school property. Also, the multiple tight turns leading to it are not very efficient from a traffic flow perspective.

• Emergency Vehicle only "entry" gate on Waiale Rd. Good for emergency access but not having an entry for school vehicles puts all of the pressure on Puapualenalena Street for inbound traffic.

• No vehicular access from Olohe street to prioritize pedestrian access. Pedestrian access to the middle of the block is not helpful unless there is a controlled crossing provided with flashing beacons, etc. to enhance safety. Otherwise, pedestrian demand will be primarily to the Puapualenalena and Waiale intersections where traffic control devices are already planned. We are also wondering how students/families walking/biking from the north would access the campus. We assume a pedestrian gate would be provided somewhere along Waiale Road to avoid a more circuitous path. Encouraging as many students to walk/bike as possible is imperative to minimizing congestion near the school.

HIOG is concerned with locating a second driveway off of Olohe street because,

• Parallel street parking lots on Olohe street obscure the sight lines in and out of the driveway. A few parking spaces on the street will need to be eliminated to improve sight distance if a designated pedestrian crossing is provided. Any reduction required because vehicle access is provided here won’t have a substantial effect on the overall parking supply in the area.

• Introduction of additional traffic controls for this new intersection/driveway might cause congestion.  With 1,650 students worth of traffic at buildout and all vehicles attempting to enter the site via the Puapualenalena Street/Olohe Street intersection, congestion will occur regardless, and it will inevitably be worse without an additional entry point to the campus (unless there is a pretty substantial offset in start/end times at each school). In addition, flashing beacons and other enhancements would be needed at this location to accommodate ped crossings if allowed (i.e., if a gate is provided here).

References

1. State fund aim to get more kids walking to school