When a water pipe burst last year at the corner of Kalākaua Avenue and Ala Wai Boulevard, city workers had to remove the row of three traffic lights that stood over it.
The plan is to eventually restore the traffic light to its former glory. But for now, in its stead stands an interim light – one that’s diminutive, a little crooked and harder to see.
“They’ve got like three buckets of cement or something trying to hold it up,” nearby office worker Marissa Culp told Civil Beat on Friday.
Her building’s security footage shows the flooding started just before 3:50 a.m. on April 15, 2024. Workers from the Honolulu Board of Water Supply eventually came and removed the footing supporting the big traffic light, allowing them to make repairs…