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Hawaii transit project halted by court order
Who are the remains of? Homeless bums?
I’m sure whoever is buried there won’t mind…they’re dead!
At first blush, I thought Mr. Hays’ comment to be boorish. However, I thought a little more, and figured a considerate response was indicated. No, not deceased vagrants. Most of them (after death) get sent back to the mainland from where they came. Unclaimed homeless are very rare - 2007 had 2, and 2008 had 1. By state law, they can be buried or cremated (and, including the MedicAid burial or cremation), and most are cremated.
The remains to which are referred are on the west side of O’ahu, which, from the late 1800s and before, was mostly reserved for royalty, and rarely visited by anyone else. The same idea was held building the H-3 expressway - in the valleys, protesters said that native “heiaus” were being disturbed. Unlike an altar or similar in the Abrahamic religions, a heiau is over an area; it’s not a specific thing, but instead a defined space, with one having something, and another having something else. Those are held holy by natives.
I am from Australia, but for goodness sake, why did this woman not do something several years ago before any millions of $$$$ etc has been spent. Why for goodness sake does she want to keep Hawaii in the dark ages as far as transport is concerned.
While we treasure our freedoms of due process…really one person can stop a project of great import that would benefit thousands? Reminds me of how Hawaii killed their still new interisland ferry service within the last year…Wisconsinitis has spread across the Pacific!
Hawaii has a rich, old culture, and there are sacred burial grounds all over the state. I’m guessing this is the problem they are running into.
Yet another sign that we cannot have progress as long as these too well financed groups interfere with projects like this. They litigate until projects like this wither and die. We cannot stop them. One of them lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington DC!
Probably historical burial sites.
Honolulu has a very vexing traffis problem and here is this woman with another frivilous lawsuit . The lawyers are the only ones in the end and are eating at the public trough; the judge is not weighing the necessity of stopping the project. If remains are encountered, simply move them to another location and have them blessed by the ancestors gods.
Well, I’m pretty sure that there’s nothing that CAN be disturbed as most of Southern Oahu is now paved over or built over, or someting over. Bizarre, really.
What a frivilous lawsuit.
Think of all the highways, office buildings, tourist hotels, etc, that are built over ancient burial sights. Still, truly amazing how one person can stop a multi-million dollar project that will alleviate some of the congestion on the many highways that criss-cross the Island.
Think of all the highways, office buildings, tourist hotels, etc, that are built over ancient burial sights. Still, truly amazing how one person can stop a multi-million dollar project that will alleviate some of the congestion on the many highways that criss-cross the Island.
Think of all the highways, office buildings, tourist hotels, etc, that are built over ancient burial sights. Still, truly amazing how one person can stop a multi-million dollar project that will alleviate some of the congestion on the many highways that criss-cross the Island.
$5 billion for 20 miles, by the time it is litigated and completely built it will be $10 billion.
sad happens in australia also