By Treena Shapiro
Advertiser Staff Writer

Q. What city or state department will take care getting rid of feral roosters? A rooster and three hens have moved onto undeveloped land near my Kulana Knolls townhouse in Royal Kunia. The rooster crows at all hours of the morning. I bought ear plugs for myself and get up every night after it crows to close the window and turn on the air conditioner.

The police advised me there was nothing they could do. The Hawaiian Humane Society refused my request to rid that area of the rooster and advised that I obtain a rooster trap from them and catch the rooster myself.

Councilman Donovan Dela Cruz's office told me that "Rooster Bill 71" is being reconsidered and that Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi is supposed to meet with the police and Humane Society. The property managers at Royal Kunia and Village Park could not help, either.

I have been pursuing this since Jan. 27 and am getting nowhere. I am tempted to try to capture this rooster myself. However, my husband prefers that I stay out of that land and avoid injury.

A. City spokeswoman Carol Costa strongly recommends that you go to the Hawaiian Humane Society and check out one of their feral rooster traps. "That's the only avenue," she said. "HHS does not trap feral roosters but asks the homeowner to handle that."

Bill 71, which the previous council sent back to committee after a lot of debate, would not solve your problem, even if it were resurrected. That bill applies only to domesticated roosters on residential property, so it would not affect feral birds.

Q. I was wondering if you could check how much longer the street work is going to take at the intersection of Kapi'olani and McCully. It's been a while since any work crews have been there to complete whatever it is they were doing! It seems so many street jobs begin and then pause for a long time before getting completed. It's an island of orange cones and blinking street barriers!

A. According to the city, work was delayed while the traffic signals were converted to a new system. Cheryl Soon, director of the city's Department of Transportation Services, said the change should be scheduled this week and will take a day or two to complete. By the end of this month, the city will resume construction of a curb ramp in that intersection. Curb ramp construction usually takes about three to four weeks.

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