HONOLULU (Island News) — A new pilot program to improve transportation safety of mobile containers and traffic congestion on Nimitz Highway will begin this coming Monday.
If you have ever driven into town on a weekday through Nimitz Highway or the H-1 Freeway and faced backed up traffic, you look to your right and see a caravan of delivery trucks waiting to enter the harbor, this program is looking to solve that issue.
In this project by the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) and Young Brothers (YB) starting on March 17, a mobile container will be set up by YB at the HDOT weigh station on Sand Island, immediately before the Sand Island bridge. This will be in place on Mondays and Thursdays between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. as a station to pre-check trucks heading to the YB facility at Piers 39 to 40.
“Nimitz Highway is among the top four locations for truck volume in the state with between 4,500 to 5,000 trucks driving this corridor daily,” said Hawai‘i Department of Transportation Director Ed Sniffen. “Our goal in partnering with YB for this pilot is to improve the flow of goods, safety, and traffic conditions for all who travel through this key corridor.”…