[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "City takes over 400 acres at Barbers Point , " HI

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

City takes over 400 acres at Barbers Point

By Michael Tsai Honolulu
Spectrum Local News (HI)
June 14, 2024


HONOLULU — The U.S. Navy and National Park Service conveyed approximately 400 acres of land formerly occupied by Naval Air Station Barbers Point to the City and County of Honolulu during a transfer ceremony outside Honolulu Hale on Wednesday.

The expansive Kalaeloa parcel will be opened to the public for recreational use.

“We have heard from communities across Oahu about the compelling need for additional public park and recreational opportunities,” said Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi. “This generous gift of lands from the Navy and the National Park Service offers our administration an opportunity to think big and outside the box for more recreational opportunities for the people of Oahu.

“Whether pickleball courts, tennis courts, camp sites along Oahu’s leeward coast or possibly a future community motorsports park, these former Navy lands given to the people of Oahu by the NPS are an investment in our communities and the quality of life of our people,” Blangiardi said. “We are beyond grateful.”

…

For the entire article, see
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/hawaii/news/2024/06/14/city-takes-over-400-acres-at-barbers-point

—

Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




_______________________________________________
Military mailing list
Military@lists.cpeo.org
http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org