Kalaupapa dock repairs discussedBy Rachel Lau
3/19/2008
Parks Service listens to residents concerns
National Parks Service preparations for further improvements to the harbor at Kalaupapa Wharf are underway. Plans were discussed among the town’s residents during the monthly meeting last Tuesday.
Jonathan Gervais, an environmental protection specialist for the NPS, led the discussion and encouraged residents to voice their questions and concerns regarding plans to repair the harbor’s dock structures.
No set decisions have been made as to how improvements will be carried out. According to the current schedule, construction will begin in 2012.
Gervais said during his presentation that the repairs were needed primarily to maintain safe barge services to the Kalaupapa community.
Residents were informed that Young Brothers Ltd. increased the size of their barge, which the current state and size of the dock cannot accommodate.
Michael Maruyama, who represents the state, said at the meeting that YB had been using a smaller barge to service Kalaupapa. However, they have retired that barge since its last arrival in September, and there were no guaranteed plans for the next barge service to the area.
Maruyama said...
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