Many concerns about
Keauhou Bay project
It’s hard to imagine how Keauhou Bay, the sacred birthplace of King Kamehameha III, could be developed by Kamehameha Schools to accommodate a 150 unit resort, restaurants, stores, cultural center, etc.
Yet, that is exactly Kamehameha Schools’ plan, according to its environmental impact statement found at www.ksbe.edu/keauhou_bay/.
Consider this tiny bay.
Where will these tourists get their water? Access is limited now. How will wastewater be managed? Treatment facilities are currently overburdened.
And what about the water quality of the bay? There is ample evidence of poor water quality now from the street runoff. What will more vehicles, blacktop, 188 resort parking spaces and 60 more for other uses do?
How will the loss of green space and the addition of buildings, traffic and people impact the area’s temperature, the noise level and the wildlife? A neighbor recently spotted nene at the very site planned to be bulldozed.
How will the resort guests, other visitors and the employees get to these establishments? Congestion, already impacted by the popular Ho‘oulu Community Farmers Market, will be increased by those accessing the bay, the 150 unit resort, the restaurant, the retail stores, the boat storage facility and the cultural center.
Is this appropriate stewardship of natural resources and cultural lands?
If you have questions or concerns, please let the developers, the county, and your elected officials know. The 45-day public comment period began on June 23 and concludes on Aug. 7.
Comments may be submitted online at the Kamehameha Schools project website www.ksbe.edu/keauhou_bay/.
Please copy your elected officials. For more information, go to www.savekeauhoubay.org.
Tamyra Rice
Part-time Kona resident/neighboring owner
‘Greedy’ and ‘incompetent’
Thank you, Tribune-Herald, for following up on the story and Judge Robert Kim for his wise decisions. The (June 26) story about the house built on the wrong lot in Hawaiian Paradise Park really showcased the greedy developer and incompetent contractor who tried to cut corners and never did their due diligence.
The developers knew they screwed up. The first thing they did once they realized they are in the wrong is to file the lawsuit against an innocent landowner who does not even live on the island. That is simply a bullying tactic.
I am sure everyone gets into business to try and make a profit. That is part of human survival in the society. However, there are the right and honorable ways to make a profit, and there are shoddy and greedy ways to do the same by cutting corners.
I guess the real estate world is just full of crooked developers trying to make a quick buck.
I wish there are some ways the county and the state can clamp down more on these unscrupulous business people. The county and state should blacklist the developer from engaging in more harmful businesses at the expense of innocent bystanders.
At the minimum, it is the responsibility for a developer to engage a competent surveyor to figure out the correct lot before building. It is also the responsibility of the contractor to know that he/she is building on the correct lot. Doing any less is negligent.
Hansen Tsang
Hilo
Response regarding
Biden-Trump debate
The one good thing about the presidential debate: It’s sure to give a tremendous boost to the Hawaiian sovereignty movement!
Aaron Jacobs
Kailua-Kona
