Tour company sues Hawaii County for removing access to beach road Waipi’o Valley Road, now partially reopened, has been the subject of controversy since its February 2022 closure.
HONOLULU (CN) — Following the closure of Waipi’o Valley Road on Hawaii’s Big Island in early 2022, community outcry prompted a partial reopening of the road. But a Big Island tour company wants compensation for being shut out.
According to a suit filed Monday by Waipi’o Valley Shuttle, which has been running tours in Waipi’o Valley since the 1960s, the county’s closure decision unconstitutionally seized, without compensation, the tour company’s private property.
