In an editorial that appears in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin today, The Outdoor Circle has finally come out to say in essence that Honolulu's fixed rail project will be ugly! Quote:
"In the end we are left with the conclusion that in its nearly 100-year history, The Outdoor Circle knows of no other proposal that holds the potential to degrade the landscape of Oahu and change the character of our communities as greatly as the Honolulu transit project. We believe it will be the most visually disruptive project in the history of Hawaii. While its ability to ease traffic problems on Oahu is debatable, its negative impact on the visual environment is not even denied in the project's own environmental impact statement."
The Outdoor Circle are heavy hitters when it comes to how things look around our island. Rail which is a very expensive $7 billion proposal, will be the ugliest public works project to ever be built on Oahu. The elevated tracks will divide neighborhoods and communities. The elevated structures for the trains will tower 60 to 120 feet high in several locations. Views will be blocked. The structures will be magnets for graffiti and poor, dirty homeless people. Urban blight will be part of Honolulu's landscape if rail is to proceed. Time to stop rail is now.
Photo: Proposed elevated train-way near the corner of University and King Streets. Ugly, ugly, ugly.
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1 comments:
Mel,
Ian Lind did a good blog entry on the rail today at:
Friday…Is Mayor Hannemenn’s train in danger of going the way of the Superferry?
http://ilind.net/2009/04/24/fridayis-mayor-hannemenns-train-in-danger-of-going-the-way-of-the-superferry/
Aloha, Brad
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