A memorial still sits on the corner of Kamaaha Avenue and Kukuilani Loop in Kapolei where a woman was struck and killed while trying to cross the street in a marked crosswalk. Guillerma Balanza was going home after working an overnight shift when she was hit in a marked crosswalk. Police say speeding may have been a factor.

Residents are now taking action, hoping to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again.

Chad Taniguchi, with the Hawaii Bicycling League, has helped residents organize a solutions meeting which will take place tomorrow, “We don’t think anyone should have to die on the road so this is to talk about what happened and possibly why it happened and what can be done with enforcement education or engineering to prevent it in the future.”

Tuesday’s solution meeting will bring members of the community together with HPD officers, public officials, and the road’s owners to discuss what can be done to make the are safer for everyone that lives there.

Kanani Wond, a neighborhood board member who helped put the meeting together, says poor lighting and the speed that people approach the crosswalk are both issues that will be addressed in Tuesday’s meeting. “We wanted to bring all those variables positive and negative and bring it out and see if we cannot come up with a solution, whether it be the markings on the street or lighting, but to face the facts that it’s not as visible as it should be, and our city is growing.”

The Hawaii Bicycling League routinely hosts these kinds of solutions meeting. Taniguchi says getting the community involved can help to jump start change, especially when it comes to how drivers treat crosswalks and pedestrians. “The kind of thing that can be fixed sooner is peoples awareness it’s not as reliable as engineering but when people are getting hurt you have to do something.”

The meeting will take place Tuesday, March 28 at 10 a.m. in Kapolei at Kamaaha Ave. At Kekuilani Loop.