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Public has until July 23 to comment on proposed Waikiki Beach improvement plan

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                                Above, beachgoers relax on the sand near the Halekulani hotel where one of three T-head groins are planned.

    CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

    Above, beachgoers relax on the sand near the Halekulani hotel where one of three T-head groins are planned.

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                                An artist’s rendering 
in a draft EIS released Monday for the state’s planned Waikiki Beach Improvement and Maintenance Program shows three new, 200-foot-long, T-head groins proposed to be built out from the Halekulani sea wall, with beaches added using dredged sand where 
currently only two slivers of beach exist.

    COURTESY DLNR

    An artist’s rendering in a draft EIS released Monday for the state’s planned Waikiki Beach Improvement and Maintenance Program shows three new, 200-foot-long, T-head groins proposed to be built out from the Halekulani sea wall, with beaches added using dredged sand where currently only two slivers of beach exist.

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                                A view looking toward Diamond Head from the area.

    CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

    A view looking toward Diamond Head from the area.

For the Hawaiian people, Waikiki was “a land beloved” for its streams and springs, its kalo loi and coconut groves, the fish in its ocean and fishponds, and “its excellent surf,” reports a draft environmental impact statement for the state’s proposal to further develop a shoreline that has been hardened by sea walls and groins since the early 20th century. Read more

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