Honolulu Record, August 19, 1948, vol. 1 no. 3, p. 1

Resurfacing of Main Roads

By C-C Begins

An hour or so before sundown on Tuesday last week a crew of road workers began peeling the bumpy surface of Waialae Ave., at Kealaolu Ave. Mechanical equipment roared, hissed and coughed throughout the night. In the morning as people went to work they saw scrapers, shovels and heavy rollers parked on the roadside with kero­sene beacons placed around them as warning to motorists.

This continued night after night and the city-county's road resur­facing project was giving Waialae Ave., a new look.

Part of the $403,720 road rehabilitation program, the present work will take in the repair of five roads or a total of 14 miles. The roads include Waialae Ave., King, Beretania, Middle and Mokauea Sts.

The city will pay $94,771 and the federal government under the war rehabilitation program will contribute $308,949 as its share.