from the "duuuh whut shud we do?!" file
a.k.a; government without a clue.
Rod Haraga transportation director in his latest lip service offerings, brings up a few quick fixes for congestion from Hawaii Kai to honoruru.
just like the light rail question. Anything will be just a band aid and nothing more. Until they disallow overbuilding.
Hawaii Kai overdevelopment has seen rat traps built 2 stories above the permitted height. creating a tunnel effect on the streets. NO setbacks from the sidewalk. Too much development with homes a few feet from each other, paving over each and every empty bit of raw land. Shuler Homes committed an abhorrent travesty when they chopped up the side of a hill at the end of Keahole. (You may witness the carnage coming over the hill to Hawaii kai proper from Kalama valley)
This should NEVER be allowed here in Hawaii.
And they wonder why boulders are loosened and come tumbling down into homes built right up against cliffs. Duuuh!
Henry Kaiser had this area masterplanned. Now I was never a fan of his displacing farmers and original residents of this valley, but... now that he developed Hawaii kai, at least he had a decent view and plan of spreading out the population so this community had breathing room... All that is gone ta hell. And lately, of course, greed takes over (in every arena, in every area on Hawaii) and Hawaii kai has become another overbuilt Wilshire blvd. with TOO many haole transplants from L.A. zooming around like they are on the mainland.
(saw an ad for enterprise honolulu in today's paper. Their question is:
"Will Hawaii's future belong to all of us?" and this, being a business oriented, pro development web site, of course, the appropriation of the future of Hawaii from its original inhabitants; kanaka maoli, continues!)
As I mentioned before, too many 35 story condo buildings are coming up in Honolulu. This of course, overtaxes our decrepit substandard infrastructure and adds to the traffic problem, while every now and then the citizenry and politicians whine about what the next little incredibly ineffective just-for-show temporary fix we can think up.
puuuuh THEtic!
a.k.a; government without a clue.
Rod Haraga transportation director in his latest lip service offerings, brings up a few quick fixes for congestion from Hawaii Kai to honoruru.
just like the light rail question. Anything will be just a band aid and nothing more. Until they disallow overbuilding.
Hawaii Kai overdevelopment has seen rat traps built 2 stories above the permitted height. creating a tunnel effect on the streets. NO setbacks from the sidewalk. Too much development with homes a few feet from each other, paving over each and every empty bit of raw land. Shuler Homes committed an abhorrent travesty when they chopped up the side of a hill at the end of Keahole. (You may witness the carnage coming over the hill to Hawaii kai proper from Kalama valley)
This should NEVER be allowed here in Hawaii.
And they wonder why boulders are loosened and come tumbling down into homes built right up against cliffs. Duuuh!
Henry Kaiser had this area masterplanned. Now I was never a fan of his displacing farmers and original residents of this valley, but... now that he developed Hawaii kai, at least he had a decent view and plan of spreading out the population so this community had breathing room... All that is gone ta hell. And lately, of course, greed takes over (in every arena, in every area on Hawaii) and Hawaii kai has become another overbuilt Wilshire blvd. with TOO many haole transplants from L.A. zooming around like they are on the mainland.
(saw an ad for enterprise honolulu in today's paper. Their question is:
"Will Hawaii's future belong to all of us?" and this, being a business oriented, pro development web site, of course, the appropriation of the future of Hawaii from its original inhabitants; kanaka maoli, continues!)
As I mentioned before, too many 35 story condo buildings are coming up in Honolulu. This of course, overtaxes our decrepit substandard infrastructure and adds to the traffic problem, while every now and then the citizenry and politicians whine about what the next little incredibly ineffective just-for-show temporary fix we can think up.
puuuuh THEtic!
Comment