State declines to fund half of $10M [Ka'anapali] beach restoration [MERGED]

[rickandcindy23]

It cost Hono Koa about $1 million to build a retaining wall very deep and thick, to keep the water for continually eroding the old rock wall that held up for many years. We are just a small resort of 27 units, and the overall cost to each week owner was $500 total. We own 3 weeks so paid $1,500 total for the wall. Worth the cost and we watched it being constructed and talked to the engineer in charge of the construction. He said the wall will never give out. I believed him after seeing the depth and width of it.

So I am saying I absolutely agree that $10 million is nothing to replace that sand. I am sure there are implications for removing sand from one place and putting it elsewhere, however.

Our situation was very different in that Hono Koa is 40 feet to the water and would suffer structural damage that would be devastating to owners.

 

[GaryDouglas]

I took a few pictures of how eminent it is that MOC will soon be loosing the sidewalk adjacent to the marketplace and pool lounge area… and that’s just one area. I’ll include them in a couple days after my return. I noticed that there are other threads on this subject, one dating mack to 2019. Perhaps they can be merged.

Here’s what I saw in today’s paper:

Community opposition halts ‘sand-pushing’ project

Shoreline activists stopped a beach “sand-pushing” project fronting the Westin Maui Resort & Spa in Kaanapali this week, putting the spotlight once again on opposing views over how to preserve the eroding beach for residents and resort guests. Around 10 community members, including well-known...

www.mauinews.com

Property owners need to be heard as much or more than those with no direct connection.

 

[sponger76]

Property owners need to be heard as much or more than those with no direct connection.

The thing is, the property owners don't own the actual beaches in Hawai'i, which are considered a public resource.

 

[GaryDouglas]

The thing is, the property owners don't own the actual beaches in Hawai'i, which are considered a public resource.

But they are directly affected by them, to the point of having their buildings undermined.

 

[sponger76]

But they are directly affected by them, to the point of having their buildings undermined.

They still don't own it themselves, and so, from a State of Hawaii legal standpoint, shouldn't have more say than the rest of the public that does. There are a lot of concerns about what that type of sand-pushing does to the nearshore reefs and other sea life. In addition, this is primarily done to benefit these private interests, but often at the expense of the public. While technically open to the public, these beaches are a little harder to access for the public than for resort guests. Where does the sand get pushed from? Often, from other areas that are more easily accessible to the non-resort-guest public. And even when it doesn't, onshore/nearshore beach buildup to affect sand placement can exacerbate erosion in other areas nearby but not directly fronting the project location. Beach management can be a very contentious issue in Hawaii.

 

[geist1223]

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