Community grapples with more visitors (and headaches) as popular new businesses move in

EWA Seashore (HawaiiNewsNow) – Inhabitants along Keoneula Boulevard in Ewa Seaside say they’ve observed additional visitors as extra residences are created and much more corporations arrive to the neighborhood.

The intersection of Keoneula and Kamakana Avenue is where a girl flipped her car Wednesday night time ahead of currently being arrested for DUI.

People claimed she was going additional than 70 miles per hour and scarcely missed a woman strolling her canine.

“We were residence previous night time owning supper when we heard the crash outdoors,” said Rick Peterson.

“Yeah, the large squeal and the crash,” additional his spouse, Cathy Peterson.

According to inhabitants, the driver had been ingesting at a new cafe at The Lineup at Wai Kai, the new wave pool attraction at the end of Keoneula Boulevard.

In a assertion, Wai Kai typical supervisor Greg Winner claimed:

“We have an understanding of the community’s issue relating to the incident final night involving a patron leaving our facility. Like other cafe establishments, we really encourage people today to drink responsibly and strategy alternate modes of transportation. The basic safety of our attendees and staff members is a best precedence.”

The working day immediately after the crash, a new pace indicator went up and there was a bigger police presence at the intersection.

The area’s condition agent reported Wai Kai has been welcomed by the group.

“We’re also on the lookout for new small business, new venues, new parts to just take our keiki and our families to get pleasure from fantastic family members time, in addition to just the parks and the beach. But I do realize it’s a escalating group,” mentioned condition Rep. David Alcos III (R-Ewa Seashore, Ocean Pointe, Barbers Point).

The community also has sidewalks where family members wander every evening. But the vast, easy and generally straight roadway is just about an invitation to go much earlier mentioned the 25 mile for each hour speed limit.

“People really don’t prevent at this intersection. They’re just traveling down the highway,” claimed resident Paul Leonard.

Residents also claimed far more men and women have been heading up and down Keoneula since the surf park opened.

“It’s introduced a good deal of new traffic and a good deal of new men and women into the neighborhood, and we’re psyched about that,” mentioned Kerstin Alston.

“However, the website traffic and the pace,” she additional.

“We want them to do perfectly and we adore them right here, but we just want them to be watchful,” stated Chris Dacus, a different Keoneula Blvd. resident, about Wai Kai.

Residents want pace bumps, lifted crosswalks, and it’s possible even a visitors mild to deter speeders.

“Maybe even signage that says we’re a residential local community. We’re not business. These are houses, and people today dwell alongside listed here. So perhaps just to be respectful of our neighborhood,” claimed Alston.

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