Kea’ahala Road connects Kāneʻohe town to major state facilities, but it’s been 20 years since it was properly repaved, and sidewalks are impassable for many. A visit to bucolic Kea’ahala Road on Oʻahu’s Windward side can easily leave you thinking that time – and the city’s road maintenance crews – have passed it by. But since Vanessa Race bought her house on Kea’ahala Road in 2003, the half-mile stretch between Kahekili Highway and Kamehameha Highway has never been improved, she said Thursday in an interview. (Ilustration: Google Earth/2025)The Department of Design and Construction has included Kea’ahala Road in a capital improvement project called “Rehabilitation of Localized Streets,” spokeswoman Cindy Cromwell said in an email. Crews completed a major water infrastructure upgrade along Kea’ahala Road between 2018 and 2021, information officer Kathleen Pahinui said via email Thursday.