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BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Street parking along Kalaloa Street looking toward the Centre Court condominium. Residents say their streets are already packed with cars, and they oppose plans for new housing towers on Kalaloa Street.
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Originally a subdivision of single-family homes, many homes in Halawa Valley Estates have grown to become multi-generational. Parking on our streets is extremely limited. Add to it major functions at the Aloha Stadium. Residents and non- residents alike scout for parking, sometimes days in advance. Limited becomes none.
Being asked to welcome the proposal to construct a 400-plus unit project at one end of our main thoroughfare under the guise of meeting the need for affordable housing is selfish (“Community opposes revised Halawa high-rise plan,” Star-Advertiser, Feb. 18). As presented at a recent Aiea Neighborhood Board meeting, this project would provide approximately 1.4 parking spaces per unit with additional vehicle overflow to our streets and no consideration made for guest parking.
We fully understand there is a housing shortage on Oahu. It is insulting to try to guilt an approval with the “not in my backyard” card. The very people who should reflect are those consistently neglecting and discounting the residents and needs of this neighborhood.
Lynn Wong
Halawa
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