04-15-2022, 09:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-15-2022, 09:13 PM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
First the story:
Hawaii County officials within the next two years want to construct a building in Hilo to store abandoned vehicles.
There already is a lot there where commercial vendors tow abandoned vehicles, but the need has outgrown the fenced-in outdoor lot. It's a program that started to just take care of things, and over the years it got bigger and bigger and bigger, said Gene Quiamas, deputy chief of the county Department of Environmental Management Solid Waste Division. And the temporary facilities that we had are just not working out anymore. The Hilo site is prone to theft and vandalism. It's become a parts place for people looking for parts to fix their cars. The likeliest targets, according to Quiamas, are the nicer vehicles on the lot. The thefts make the vehicles less desirable at the county's sealed-bid automobile auctions.
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...-landfill/
So the County wants to build a building to store abandoned vehicles, fence in a larger more secure area to keep out car thieves, and because it's the County probably hire extra people to guard and run the operation.
A couple of questions:
1) I know car parts are expensive, but will they make enough money to cover the costs of this facility?
2) Is this structure only for premium abandoned vehicles? What about mid range and budget? Will they need a building when someone declares the premium program a success?
3) If the County tows and hauls and stores abandoned cars anyway, why do they also have a program which requires extensive paperwork so a homeowner can have a car towed off of their property? Why can't we just pick up the phone and be extended the same courtousy as those who dump their cars on the side of the road?
4) what about private enterprise? Tow companies and junk yards?
Hawaii County officials within the next two years want to construct a building in Hilo to store abandoned vehicles.
There already is a lot there where commercial vendors tow abandoned vehicles, but the need has outgrown the fenced-in outdoor lot. It's a program that started to just take care of things, and over the years it got bigger and bigger and bigger, said Gene Quiamas, deputy chief of the county Department of Environmental Management Solid Waste Division. And the temporary facilities that we had are just not working out anymore. The Hilo site is prone to theft and vandalism. It's become a parts place for people looking for parts to fix their cars. The likeliest targets, according to Quiamas, are the nicer vehicles on the lot. The thefts make the vehicles less desirable at the county's sealed-bid automobile auctions.
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/202...-landfill/
So the County wants to build a building to store abandoned vehicles, fence in a larger more secure area to keep out car thieves, and because it's the County probably hire extra people to guard and run the operation.
A couple of questions:
1) I know car parts are expensive, but will they make enough money to cover the costs of this facility?
2) Is this structure only for premium abandoned vehicles? What about mid range and budget? Will they need a building when someone declares the premium program a success?
3) If the County tows and hauls and stores abandoned cars anyway, why do they also have a program which requires extensive paperwork so a homeowner can have a car towed off of their property? Why can't we just pick up the phone and be extended the same courtousy as those who dump their cars on the side of the road?
4) what about private enterprise? Tow companies and junk yards?
