Whether you’re looking to catch some live music, entertainment or a workshop to learn new skills, give your input on the future use of the Great Crack and Ala Waiʻi areas at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, gather with community, rock out during an electronic music showcase or just get out of the house for a while, there’s once again plenty to do on the Big Island during the next week.
I understand the city has received $25 million in federal funding toward the construction of the planned Ala Wai pedestrian bridge, which is expected to cost more than $60 million to design and construct.
As is increasingly common in Honolulu, a group of organized NIMBYs rally their supporters, provide a forum for misinformation, pit neighborhoods against each other and oppose needed public-works projects on our island (“Ala Wai pedestrian bridge proves unpopular at community meeting,” Star-Advertiser, Sept. 10).