These Makaha Residents Are Hoping To Move A Major Highway…Moving Farrington Highway mauka of Makaha Beach Park has been part of a master plan since 1998. Now residents worry a bridge repair project means it will never be moved.
Protesters have been gathering along a narrow strip of pavement between Farrington Highway and Makaha Beach Park for over a week demanding that the highway be set back from the coastline and rerouted around the park.
Farrington Highway cuts through the park, forcing people to cross the highway to access the park’s bathrooms, boat storage and parking lot.
“It’s a crazy safety issue,” said Bunky Bakutis, one of the organizers of the protest. He also has concerns about sea level rise and storms washing stone barriers alongside the highway into the surf, which he said made it dangerous to swim in 2016.
