Hotel Expansion - North Shore roads are already inadequate

Fortunately, there were no injuries or lives lost from Saturday's rockslide at Waimea Bay.

However, combined with the continued erosion of this nearly century-old two-lane highway, its partial closures during high surf and the almost daily bumper-to-bumper traffic, it clearly demonstrates that the roads on the North Shore are inadequate to handle even the current traffic load.

Given this reality, Turtle Bay Resort's planned expansion defies common sense.
We need to seriously examine the wisdom of allowing this project to proceed unchecked, especially considering its impact on the North Shore.
Carol Philips

Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, April 13, 2007

Activist-Actor Sean Penn Dances on Sacred Hawaiian Burial Grounds

As the massive Turtle Bay Resort development project threatens to destroy what's left of rural Oahu, part time actor (I Am Sam, Fast Times at Ridgemont High)/full-time activist Sean Penn, his wife, Robin Wright Penn, and his two children have checked in to the resort for the holidays. But, while the Penn clan relaxes, Hawaiian natives are getting restless over the normally enlightened movie star's ignorance of their cause.

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