New, Improved Pohoiki?

[kalakoa]

I don't have the cite -- HTH quoted a County official on the issue.

(Now that I think about it, that's assuming that County spoke the truth and that HTH reported the issue accurately.)

[kimo wires]

Why can't we get a statement from the County about when the road to Pohoiki will be open for public access? Too much to ask?

[kalakoa]

Why can't we get a statement from the County about when the road to Pohoiki will be open

We did: "you're not getting it today".

[glinda]

Too much to ask?

Way too much. And god help you if you get on the list of one of those pesky askers.

[dan d]

And then today the news said road to pohoiki almost done and will be "able to have cars go to issac hale" what does that mean? Last we heard from mayors office,was not to pohoiki,and not open to the public?

Maybe the worry that they would be liable for the poop pathogens made them change there mind?

Than maybe not.

Time will tell.
Aloha


HPP

[kalakoa]

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...-concerns/

However, access to the emergency route cannot begin until Isaac Hale Beach Park is made fit for reopening, Ley said.

"The next step is to make efforts to assess the condition of Isaac Hale before we can take any steps to reopen it," she said.

Mayor Harry Kim said dead fish have been found in some of the newly formed ponds and that further water tests have yet to be completed.

In addition, new signage has to be installed in the park, and guardrails, road signs and centerlines need to be installed on the access route.

Ley said the park initially was expected to be opened in December, but the plans for how the park will be restored have since changed.

Kim said the county is still aiming for a December opening date for the park.

Until the park is reopened, access to the road across the flow will be restricted by a locked gate located just north of MacKenzie State Recreation Area, Ley said. After the park reopens, the gate will be open during daylight hours.

[kimo wires]

Finally, Sounds reasonable.
Just try to do your 'business' before going to Pohoiki.

[glinda]

I think after access to Pohoiki is reestablished folks will go to see.. sort of a one time rubbernecking load the family into the car and go holoholo kind of thing..

But as a long term destination without safe swimming for the keiki reasonable surf breaks and the boat ramp.. Pohoiki is not really going to serve. As such even with all the fanfare that will accompany the reopening of public access, within a month or two the number of people actually making it a part of their lives will be closer to none than the crowds that would flock there regularly before the eruption.

In fact, I suspect, without all those healthy forms of recreation, Pohoiki will become more of a magnet for undesirable activities than it was before.

I did watch/listen to Joy go on about all that at the grand rally and felt sorry for her. I suspect her's is an uphill battle against a legislature that is scratching its collective head wondering why would they allocate any money at all for Puna. I get the sense that they see our volcanoes as a reason not to invest any more money in the district verses doubling down.

The real humbug is the devaluing land values throughout the area which in turn will invite more of the elements that are drawn to those type of areas rather than the folks that would bring with them a vision for a better, more prosperous, future.

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Pohoiki... sort of a one time rubbernecking

Is there a better place in Puna for shoreline access?


without safe swimming for the keiki reasonable surf breaks and the boat ramp..

Is there a safer destination in Puna for swimming or surfing, whether or not a boat ramp is part of the new park?


within a month or two the number of people actually making it a part of their lives will be closer to none

Where else will they go? If it’s Pohoiki or nothing, do you really think swimmers, surfers, people fishing, will go nowhere? Pohoiki also has a large playground for the keiki, and grassy area for picnics and celebratory gatherings.


I suspect.. Pohoiki will become more of a magnet for undesirable activities than it was before

Plenty of other places in a Puna for humbug. Driving to the end of the world, at night, while under the influence and as far away from a beer run or dealer will certainly take place, but will it be the first choice? Or the preferred option? If it does, for the sake of argument, perhaps the park will fill with drug addled ice heads versus woolly-headed booze hounds, and become an arena for survival of the fittest.
“Every Friday night. Who will enter? Who will leave? Midnight at Punadrome.”

[kimo wires]

So will land owners have keys to the gate?
They are going to need to get in and out regardless of what time it is.
I don't see how that's going to work for such a large area.
I'm also wondering about land sales in the Kipuka.
Will buying a few acres get you a key?