The Queen Kaahumanu highway Phase I dedication ceremony will be happening this Tuesday @ 10am at the intersection of Queen Kaahumanu highway and Palani Road. I still find it strange that the HDOT is going to have a dedication ceremony now when the overall project still won’t be completed until mid-April 2009.
Palani Road will be closed in front of Grace Church on Monday (and possibly Tuesday) between 9pm-5am, according this news release.
Lastly, I thought this commentary by the Big Island Weekly’s editor was spot-on. Hawaii is certainly dangerously reliant on tourism to power our economy. This recent economic downturn is a painful reminder of the latter. Thus there really need to be a strong push to diversify Hawaii’s economy and make it more sustainable.
