January 12, 2021
A plan is moving forward to keep Waikiki’s existing beaches from disappearing and create a “new” beach near the shoreline of the Halekulani Hotel, which has been devoid of dry sand for years.
Without intervention Waikiki’s predominantly engineered beaches, which were estimated to bring in $2.2 billion in annual visitor spending prior to the pandemic, could be totally lost before the end of the century, said Dolan Eversole, Waikiki Beach management coordinator for the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program.
Eversole, who is coordinating a private partnership between the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Waikiki Beach Special Improvement District Association, said proposed beach improvement and maintenance projects are planned for Fort DeRussy, Halekulani, Royal Hawaiian and Kuhio Beach. Projects include construction of new beach stabilization structures and the recovery of offshore sand and its placement on the shoreline…..Click Here for full article.
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