Council seeks different solution to overwhelmed Waipio Valley Road
It’s back to the drawing board for a bill prohibiting pedestrian access to Waipio Valley after County Council members Wednesday raised constitutionality issues and the effect closing hiking there would have on other valleys, such as Pololu Valley in North Kohala.
Bill 217 would have restricted foot traffic on the steep stretch of the road from the lookout into the popular valley, where Native Hawaiian farmers grow poi and other produce. The road, navigable only by four-wheel drive vehicles and pedestrians, had been seeing ever-increasing traffic as its popularity with tourists grew prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
Council seeks different solution to overwhelmed Waipio Valley Road
