State ups enforcement of illegal seawalls, issuing fines to property owners State fines homeowners with unpermitted seawalls (Source: DLNR) By HNN Staff | January 23, 2021 at 11:47 AM HST - Updated January 23 at 11:47 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - As beachfront property owners struggle with erosion, the state is going after those who build unpermitted seawalls.
Well known surfer and community leader Liam McNamara was fined $35,000 by the State Land Board Friday for rebuilding the wall at his Ke Nui beach home.
He’ll get credit for what it costs to replace it with softer barriers, but McNamara argued that after Hurricane Douglass last summer, the state refused to give him a permit to repair a damaged wall that was putting beachgoers at risk.