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Crews Replenish Sand Along Eroding Kailua Beach [View all]
POSTED: 2:09 pm HST March 19, 2012
UPDATED: 3:13 pm HST March 19, 2012
HONOLULU -- Parts of Kailua Beach were closed off on Monday. It's the start of a five-day project that will allow city crews to scoop sand built up around Kaelepulu Stream to replenish the shoreline.
Kailua resident Brian Easterling and his friends remember a very different scene along Kailua's beaches.
"It used to be easy to walk from one side of Lanikai to the other. That changed pretty quickly, sand bags started popping up, sandgrabbers started popping up and you started seeing the sea walls," Easterling said.
City officials have noticed that typical sand build up during winter months have declined but the city couldn't start replenishing the shoreline until tides were at its lowest point which happens in February and March.
Read more: http://www.kitv.com/news/30717852/detail.html#ixzz1pcuTPkko
UPDATED: 3:13 pm HST March 19, 2012
HONOLULU -- Parts of Kailua Beach were closed off on Monday. It's the start of a five-day project that will allow city crews to scoop sand built up around Kaelepulu Stream to replenish the shoreline.
Kailua resident Brian Easterling and his friends remember a very different scene along Kailua's beaches.
"It used to be easy to walk from one side of Lanikai to the other. That changed pretty quickly, sand bags started popping up, sandgrabbers started popping up and you started seeing the sea walls," Easterling said.
City officials have noticed that typical sand build up during winter months have declined but the city couldn't start replenishing the shoreline until tides were at its lowest point which happens in February and March.
Read more: http://www.kitv.com/news/30717852/detail.html#ixzz1pcuTPkko
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