"People fly down this road, and it's dangerous," Hope Cabral, a board member of the Wailuku Parkside Association, told The Maui News.

She said there is too much traffic on the road that runs from Waiehu Beach Road to the Wailuku Millyard industrial park, and she worries about the children in the neighborhood.

To illustrate the concern of the residents, a white Toyota Corolla going at least 35 miles per hour in the 20 mph zone sped past the sign-wavers and a speed display showing just how fast the vehicle was going.

Participants at the event also called on Wailuku Parkside developer Stanford Carr Development to expedite efforts to dedicate Eha Street to Maui County, arguing that the delay in turning over the roadway is a factor in the traffic problems.

A Stanford Carr executive in Honolulu said he was disappointed if residents are faulting the company since he had met with members of the homeowners associations and explained the situation Monday.

The problem was that six other property owners had interest in the land over which Eha Street was built when it connected to the Millyard, which was developed by C. Brewer.

Stanford Carr Vice President Jay Nakamura said the company needed to clear title on the entire road right-of-way before it could dedicate the road to Maui County.

"It's been a long arduous process, but we just got the last of the lot owners to sign on quitclaim deeds and we'll be pulling new titles on the road. The county won't accept it without a clear title," he said.

The company would like nothing better than to turn over Eha Street and the roads in Wailuku Parkside to the county, he said.

"We're paying for all the utility bills and the internal maintenance of those roads. We want to turn them over, too, because it's costing us to keep them. Not everyone was aware that we are paying their street utility bills," he said.

Residents have said they believed that Maui police would not enforce speed limits on Eha Street because it was not a public roadway, but police say they can ticket speeders even on the still-private road.

Police Sgt. Barry Aoki of the Traffic Section joined in the rally, using his laser gun along Eha Street to check the speed of vehicles. He said several traffic officers were monitoring traffic on the neighborhood road because "the community in the area was concerned about the speeding."

DUI Task Force Officer Mark Hada had issued a couple of tickets on Wednesday, he said.

The residents also said they want speed bumps installed on the road, saying they had asked Stanford Carr Development to put them in. Rally participant Scott Seto was adamant on getting speed bumps or raised crosswalks for Eha Street.

"We don't want to wait until a fatality occurs," he said.

He said he's seen cars going 50 and 60 mph on Eha. One purpose of the rally is to make the community aware of the ongoing issue with Carr surrounding the private roadway, he said. He said they have tried to communicate with Carr many times but only recently had a meeting with officials.

Nakamura said the company has informed the homeowners association of the situation and the reason the company could not put in speed humps or other speed mitigating devices.

"We would have loved to have done that, but the county said we could not install speed bumps. The county said it is a collector road, and speed bumps are not allowed on collector roads," he said.

"We couldn't do it without county approval. If we had installed speed bumps, the county would not accept the road. It's like Papa Avenue or Lono Avenue. The county won't allow speed bumps, and it doesn't want a lot of stop signs on collector roads."

When Eha Street is dedicated to the county, he said, the homeowners can petition the county for speed humps or raised crosswalks, as have been installed in other neighborhood roadways.

Nakamura said he believed that the homeowners he met on Monday understood the circumstances and he was "kind of disappointed" that they proceeded with protests that target Stanford Carr Development.

Patty Nahinu, president of the Wailuku Parkside Association, said the homeowners were planning to have their event regardless of what was said at the meeting.

Nahinu said she recently got an e-mail saying that Stanford Carr Development was not going to install speed bumps.

"We're not going to accept that," she said. "It's all about the safety on this road."