02/15/23 – SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON PARKING AT THE ALA WAI SMALL …

JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  February 15, 2023 SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON PARKING AT THE ALA WAI SMALL BOAT HARBOR No Plans to Eliminate Free Parking Spots To view video please click on photo or view at this link: https://vimeo.com/799196293 (HONOLULU, HI) – Free parking will remain at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor on O‘ahu. Ed Underwood, Administrator with the DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR), said, “There is no truth to claims that we intend to eliminate free parking, which includes some spaces facing the lagoon, and many others at the coastline.” “There are no immediate plans to change any of the free parking at the Ala Wai SBH,” added Assistant DOBOR Administrator Meghan Statts. Of the 900 parking spaces at the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor, one-third are paid, one-third are for those with long-term permits, and the remaining 300 are set aside for free parking for recreational users. Some of the misinformation may be the result of proposed legislation that would require DOBOR to set aside 300 free parking spaces. “In the very near future, we are going to do a request for proposals for the development within
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