HONOLULU (AP) Hawaii officials have pledged to help strengthen oversight over seawalls and other barriers that are accelerating beach erosion in the state. The state made the pledge Thursday.
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Officials Let Hawaii’s Waterfront Homeowners Damage Public Beaches Again and Again ProPublica 12/31/2020
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In the winter of 2013, 45-foot waves barreled toward Oahu’s North Shore. The storm surge sent water gushing up a public walkway between Dean Hanzawa’s two beachfront homes. The ocean sucked sand and soil away from the yards and pulled a wall fronting one of the homes into a 45-degree angle toward the ocean, causing the property’s yard to split in half.
Hawaii Officials Promise Changes to Seawall Policies That Have Quickened Beach Destruction ProPublica 12/31/2020 by Mindy Pennybacker and Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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Hawaii lawmakers and regulators are pledging to take steps to tighten oversight of seawalls and other barriers that are speeding beach erosion, following an investigation by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ProPublica.
As the news organizations reported this year, property owners across the islands have used a variety of loopholes to circumvent Hawaii’s environmental laws, winning permits for shoreline structures to protect multimillion-dollar homes at the expense of the state’s beaches, which are disappearing at an alarming rate.