In what may have been the biggest beach-access rally ever held on O'ahu, hundreds of people mobilized yesterday around the island with placards, shakas and pleas for passing motorists to support public access to the ocean.
There was a whole lot of honking, especially in Kailua, where locked gates have sprung up in recent years preventing beach access.
Is the future of beach access in Hawaii the same as we see on the mainland where beach access to public beaches is blocked by gated communities and walled beach homes? Add to this the effects of beach erosion resulting from rising oceans and we may be looking at a future where the only access to the water is a swimming pool or a boat.
Beach Access Hawaii is trying to assure that the general public can continue to get to the their beaches.
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I favor free beach access, of course. But it seems disingenuous to ignore the complaints of beach-front property owners who complain about late-night loud parties, littering, and drug use late at night.
What ideas do the pro-beach access folks have to offer to mitigate that very real problem?
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