Overview:
Kaneohe is a neighborhood located on the windward side of Oahu next to Kailua. According to its neighborhood board, Kaneohe is the area on the north side of the Pali Highway and the H3 and on the south side of Heeia Fish Pond. The area is mostly residential, though the area around Kamehameha Highway does play host to a number of businesses including Windward Mall. The neighborhood is served by a number of high-speed roads, including Kamehameha Highway, Pali Highway, Kahekili Highway, the H3, and the Likelike. The area does have limited bike lanes on Kahekili Highway and Keaahala Road and bike routes on parts of Kamehameha Highway and Haiku Road.
What the Oahu Bike Plan calls for:
The Oahu Bike Plan seeks to create a number of bike routes and bike lanes in Kaneohe. Along the fastest, busiest sections of road—such as Kamehameha Highway from the Pali to Kaneohe Town Center—bike lanes or sometimes bike routes (on Kaneohe Bay Drive, for instance) would be added. Along some of the quieter side streets (such as Mokulele, Kahuhipa Street, and Keaahala Road) bike routes would be added, allowing cyclists to travel along the main roads and then split off to their final destinations. Most ambitiously, the bike plan calls for a bike route to be added to the old H3 Access Road and for Old Pali Road to be repaired from the Hairpin Turn to the Pali Lookout, raising the possibility that ambitious commuters or recreational cyclists can cross the mountains and travel into Honolulu. The Oahu Bike Plan designates the majority of projects in Kaneohe as low priority.
Projects:
- Anoi Road, Luluku Road to Likelike Highway, Route
- Aumoku Street, Kaneohe Bay Drive to Mokulele Drive, Route
- H3 Freeway Access Road, Kahuipa Street/Hope Chapel to Halawa Valley Street, Route
- Kahekili Highway, Kamehameha Highway to Haiku Road, Route
- Kahekili Highway to Likelike connector, Kulukeoe Street-Keneke Street-Anoi Road, Route
- Kahuhipa Street, Kamehameha Highway to Lolii Street, Route
- Kamehameha Highway (HPU campus), Koolau View Drive to Pali Highway, Route
- Kamehameha Highway, Kahuhipa Road to Kaneohe Bay Drive, Lane
- Kamhehameha Highway (North Kanohe), Kahekili Highway to Haiku Road, Route
- Kamehameha Highway (South Kaneohe), Kaneohe Bay Drive to Koolau View Drive, Lane
- Kaneohe Bay Drive, Kamehameha Highway to Kailua Road, Route
- Keaahala Road, Kahekili Highway to Lilipuna Road, Route
- Keneke Street Greenway, Along Kamooalii Stream, Path
- Likelike Highway, Kahekili Highway to Kamehameha Highway, Route
- Lilipuna Road, Kamehameha Highway to Kamehameha Highway, Route
- Luluku Road, Loop around Hoomaluhia Gardens, Route
- Makalani Street, Kaneohe Bay Drive to Kamehameha Highway, Route
- Mokulele Drive, Kamehameha Highway to Kaneohe Bay Drive, Route
- Old Pali Road, Nuuanu Pali Lookout to Hairpin Turn, Path
- Pali Highway (Windward), Kamehameha Highway to Pali Tunnel, Route
- Puaina Street, Makalani Street to Castle High School, Route
What’s being done:
There are currently no plans to implement the planned infrastructure in Kaneohe.
