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STAR-ADVERTISER / 2014
Parked cars and beachgoers were seen along Kaelepulu Drive near Lanikai, in Dec. 2014, in Kailua. The city will restrict parking in Lanikai for the Independence Day holiday weekend in its continuing effort to balance public access to nearby beaches with public safety for the community.
The city will restrict parking in Lanikai for the Independence Day holiday weekend in its continuing effort to balance public access to nearby beaches with public safety for the community.
No parking will be allowed on all Lanikai streets and shoulders from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Wednesday, the Fourth of July.
The city Department of Transportation Services will place temporary “sawhorse”-type signs on streets in Lanikai, as well as “No Left Turn” signs at the triangle intersection where S. Kalaheo Avenue meets Kailua Road near Kalapawai Market. The Honolulu Police Department has also agreed to provide an electronic messaging board at the entrance of Lanikai on Mokulua Drive to warn motorists of the parking restrictions.
Those wishing to access Lanikai beach may walk, bike, take TheBus Route 70 Lanikai, or get dropped off in Lanikai, according to city officials.
The Lanikai Pillboxes Trail is temporarily closed while the state makes repairs to the two historic World War II-era structures popularly known as the “pillboxes.”
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