The 40-foot stretch of road plates on Kalākaua Avenue mauka of the Hawaii Convention Center have been rattling teeth and tire rims since 2019.
The ¾ inch steel plates, which each weigh up to 1,500 pounds, were installed as a temporary solution but have become a longstanding feature of the busy roadway.
“I have traveled that lane by bike nearly daily for years, and I avoid the steel plates by staying in the driveway lane until I’m past the ‘speed bump’ posed by the plates,” Fix It! tipster Jonathan Lott told Civil Beat…