HONOLULU – He hoʻololi kumukūʻai ma nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana a puni ʻo Hawaiʻi.
He nui nā malihini e uku no ke komo ʻana a paka ma kekahi mau paka mokuʻāina.
He ʻāpana ia o ka hoʻolālā ʻāina ʻo “B” ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kāna “Recreational Renaissance” i kahi alahele.
Hoʻolālā ʻo "B" a i ʻole "Back to Basics" e kālele ana i ʻelua pahuhopu. ʻO ka mea mua e hoʻonui i ka hoʻoponopono maʻamau, mālama a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hana i kēia makahiki ...
Eia hou, e hoʻomaka ana i ke kaʻina hana no ka wā lōʻihi o ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā loaʻa hou mai nā ʻāina kaona kaona i hiki ai iā lākou ke hana i nā hoʻomaikaʻi kālā hou aku me ka wikiwiki.
Ma ka makahiki 2012, manaʻolana ka mokuʻāina e hoʻonui i $8 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana a mālama i nā hale mokuʻāina me ka ʻole e hoʻonui i ka ʻauhau. $4-miliona e hele i nā paka moku'āina a me nā ala ala.
"Ma muli o ke ʻano koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokele waiwai a mākou wale nō i ka nui pupule o ke kālā i loaʻa ʻole iā mākou e hoʻokele i kā mākou māhele paka moku'āina, pono mākou e hele a loaʻa iā mākou ka hiki ke hoʻolimalima i nā uku kaʻa," wahi a Kurt Cottrell ka luna hoʻomalu o State Parks.
Ma ka Pōʻalima, ua hāʻawi ka papa moku'āina i ka ʻae hope loa no nā kaʻa kaʻa hou a me nā uku komo no nā malihini ma ʻewalu mau paka mokuʻāina. Manaʻo ʻia nā kumukūʻai hou e hoʻonui i $ 4-miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Ua koho ka moku'āina i ʻelua mau paka i kipa ʻia ma kēlā me kēia mokupuni e hoʻomaka ai. E uku ana ka poe malaila i $5 no ke kaa.
Akā ma ka Pali Lookout ma Oʻahu, ua hoʻemi ʻia nā uku kaʻa no nā hui huakaʻi.
"Ua ʻike mākou ma ka Pali, he pōkole loa ka manawa a lākou e noho ai e hoʻohālikelike ʻia i kā mākou mau paka moku'āina," wahi a Cottrell.
Ua ʻae kekahi me Cottrell.
"ʻAʻole mākou i manaʻo he pono ke uku ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka uku no ka nānā wale ʻana a kau i ke kaʻa a haʻalele hou," wahi a Lawson Teshima, ka mea hoʻokele kaʻa huakaʻi.
Aia nā uku mai ka $6 a i ka $24 no nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻahele kalepa, ma muli o ka nui o ka poʻe, me ka hele ʻole ʻana ma kēia mau wahi āpau, akā i kēia manawa wale nō.
Hoʻolālā ka papa e hoʻonohonoho i nā uku no ka poʻe hele wāwae i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
"He mea hilahila paha ia, 'no ka mea e hoʻopau ʻia kekahi poʻe e ʻike iā ia, akā ʻaʻole paha e hiki," wahi a Richard Gano ka malihini kipa Kaleponi.
Wahi a nā luna o DLNR inā hana ia, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā uku ma ke ala ma nā paka mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia nā uku kaʻa i ka hopena o Dekemaba.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “Due to the really critical economic climate we’re in and just the insane amount of money that is not available to us to run our state parks division, we needed to go and have the ability to charge parking fees,”.
- “We don’t feel it’s fair the tourists have to pay a fee just to take a look and get on the bus and leave again,”.
- Aia nā uku mai ka $6 a i ka $24 no nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻahele kalepa, ma muli o ka nui o ka poʻe, me ka hele ʻole ʻana ma kēia mau wahi āpau, akā i kēia manawa wale nō.
