tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post1666524782638964652..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Clones and SquealersJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-18821149451741410612008-01-20T19:41:00.000-10:002008-01-20T19:41:00.000-10:00bit off the markthe guy didn't squeal on himself. ...bit off the mark<BR/><BR/>the guy didn't squeal on himself. he signed the threatening letter so there was no doubt who sent it.<BR/><BR/>he just turned himself in when he was informed he was wanted.<BR/><BR/>Protest is fine. Threats are un cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-87797956022133848782008-01-19T09:31:00.000-10:002008-01-19T09:31:00.000-10:00It seems like DOT just keeps repeating the same mi...It seems like DOT just keeps repeating the same mistakes over and over again.<BR/><BR/>I wrote about my 2005 meeting with DOT in which the Kahului Harbor Pilots told them that putting anything on the end of Pier 2 (like a superferry barge!) would be problematical because of the surge.<BR/><BR/>Did DOT listen? No. And now we're paying over $2000/day to have tugboats hold the Superferry against the barge.<BR/><BR/>So the 2030 Kahlui Harbor Master Plan Draft EIS comes out and they talk about lengthening Pier 2. Now at that same meeting the pilots said the Kahului Harbor Turning Basin is already too tight and that building out from pier 2 will make it very dangerous for them.<BR/><BR/>And even worse, they've reserected Pier 5 on the west breakwater for the Superferry and cruise ships. But now they've added a breakwater along the edge of the turning basin to shelter it from the swell (that is currently one of our best surf breaks...to be destroyed)<BR/><BR/>Do these people even LOOK at the harbor when they come up with these plans? I've watched for over 10 years as tugs maneuver to dock ships. Yeah, the deep draft ships don't leave the turning basin but the tugs do! They use the space that DOT wants to fill in with a rock breakwater to postition for pushing the vessels away from crashing into the wall!<BR/><BR/>Oh, and just as an aside, they'll be spending a third of a billion dollars to build these 2 piers for the Superferry and cruise ships (who are both on the verge of going under financially) and as far as I can see the cruise ship dock is not usable for ordinary freighters due to the U turn and restricted turning radius necessary to enter the dock.<BR/><BR/>And oh yeah. They're going to build a breakwater sticking out of the east mouth of the harbor to "reduce the surge". But the Army Corps of Engineers already did a study saying that wouldn't help.<BR/><BR/>Yet more examples of DOT's ineptitude.<BR/><BR/>Bottom line: Maui loses one of its best surf spots accessible to our lower income youth in Kahului and we also lose the outrigger paddling race course.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I know the Governor SAID they'd keep the race course. But in another denial of reality, they're filling in one end of it for dock space and turning the other end into an expanded turning basin for pier 5 which means we can't set flags there.<BR/><BR/>If you are on Maui, please attend the public DOT meeting this Wednesday (Jan 23) at 6pm and voice your opposition. Harbor users get a presentation starting at 3:30pm. If you surf, paddle, fish or boat, you're a user...even if DOT doesn't think you are!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com