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Piilani Highway traffic crosses over Waipuilani Gulch on Dec. 3. Community leaders are calling for a simple pedestrian underpass to be built beneath the bridge to offer an alternate way of crossing the highway for high school students and other residents. â The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
The state of Hawaii’s first four-lane roundabout will be built at the Piilani Highway intersection that services the new Kihei high school in response to a long-running dispute over a safe crossing for future students.
“When that school is built it will open with a roundabout at that intersection,” said state Department of Transportation Deputy Director for Highways Ed Sniffen during a recent phone interview.