. State Senator Joy San Buenaventura just released a public announcement about the Pohoiki boat ramp that included this statement:
"Frankly time showed that the army corps of engineers whom we consulted were wrong in that the current is unlikely to redeposit sand."
The fact that she's an attorney who used to be a judge explains the syntax, but how she got convinced -- before it has even opened -- that the channel isn't going to fill up with debris again is what's incomprehensible. I give it six weeks to six months of usage before boat propellers start scraping bottom, and I haven't talked to anyone who's actually gone down to look at this sand sculpting experiment who thinks otherwise. And that includes one of Pohoiki's most stalwart commercial fisherman, who has no plans to quit going out from Hilo. His primary concern? Launching from Pohoiki, going down to Halape for three nights, and then not being able to get in the clogged channel when he comes back with a full load.
We might, however, get a nice $9.1 million safe swimming area.
"Frankly time showed that the army corps of engineers whom we consulted were wrong in that the current is unlikely to redeposit sand."
The fact that she's an attorney who used to be a judge explains the syntax, but how she got convinced -- before it has even opened -- that the channel isn't going to fill up with debris again is what's incomprehensible. I give it six weeks to six months of usage before boat propellers start scraping bottom, and I haven't talked to anyone who's actually gone down to look at this sand sculpting experiment who thinks otherwise. And that includes one of Pohoiki's most stalwart commercial fisherman, who has no plans to quit going out from Hilo. His primary concern? Launching from Pohoiki, going down to Halape for three nights, and then not being able to get in the clogged channel when he comes back with a full load.
We might, however, get a nice $9.1 million safe swimming area.