Letter: Playground interferes with other activities

A group with ties to a luxury condominium development has applied for permits to convert a portion of the Ala Moana Regional Park that is used by Lantern Floating Hawai‘i into a playground with zip lines. The group got the city to believe that that area of the park between L&L Hawaiian Barbecue and Ala Moana Boulevard is underutilized.

Besides Lantern Floating Hawai‘i, annual pet walks, triathlons, marathons, groups playing soccer and others have used this space. Years ago, citizens who wanted to save the park for events such as the lantern floating ceremony stopped installation of a Ferris wheel at Magic Island. But if the playground and other Coney Island amusements are allowed to invade Ala Moana Park, this special place will be ruined.

Ed Stevens

Mililani

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