Review of Planning Process · Final Presentation 2 Lydgate Park to Lihi Park Ke Ala Hele Makalae Phase III Pathways Project 3 design team is… • updating the public on progress

Ke Ala Hele Makalae Phase III

Final Presentation 1

Lydgate Park to Lihi Park Ke Ala Hele Makalae Phase III Pathways Project

Ke Ala Hele MakalaePhase III

Lydgate Park to Lihi Park

Presented bythe Lydgate Park to Lihi Park

Planning & Design TeamsDecember 7, 2009

at the War Memorial Convention Hall

Lydgate Park to Lihi Park Ke Ala Hele Makalae Phase III Pathways Project 2

Kimura International

Review of Planning Process




design team is…

• updating the public on progress to date since theplanning and Environmental Assessment werecompleted and the Finding of No SignificantImpact (FONSI) was issued.

• required to follow the path alignment as specifiedin the Environmental Assessment.


three phases of the project schedule Lydgate Park to Lihi Park

phase status projectedcompletion

Bryan Baptiste Bridge Widening under 2010construction

Wailua Beach Park to ready to bid 2011Coconut Plantation Marketplace& Kawaihau Connection

Lanikai Street to Lihi Park under design 2011




Existing Path Bryan Baptiste Wailua Beach Park Lanikai Street Bridge Widening to Coconut Market Place to Lihi Park

& Kawaihau Connection

Existing Path Bryan Baptiste Sub-Phase A: Wailua Beach Sub-Phase B: Lanikai St Bridge Widening Park to Coconut Market Place to Lihi Park

& Kawaihau Connection

Lydgate Park to Lihi Park & Lydgate Park to Lihi Park & Kawaihau Kawaihau ConnectionConnection


Wailua BeachDr. Mike Dega—archaeological issues• Archaeological Monitoring Plan Approved by the Department

of Land and Natural Resources State Historic PreservationDivision (SHPD), February 18, 2008.

• The team will supplement this Plan by manually pre-testinganchor locations to assess the presence/absence of culturalmaterials and/or burials.

• During testing, a Cultural Monitor designated by the SHPD willbe present.

• Archaeological data shows known burials and other known,significant sites, to occur mauka side of Kuhio Highway(Coco Palms and above).

• No known archaeological sites occur on the makai side of thehighway throughout Wailua Beach.




Dr. Mike Dega—archaeological issues

• Bennett (1931) listed Site 103 as “burial grounds”but its terminus is Lydgate Park, southern side ofWailua River. He lists only one site for WailuaBeach area proper: Kukui Heiau (Site 108), whichoccurs on the point named Lae Alakukui, to thenorth.

• There are no Land Commission Awards for WailuaBeach. According to Tax Map Key information, theland was owned by the Lihue Plantation Company.

• During and Post-project: Increased signage withhistory and significance of Wailuanuiaho.


• Wailua Beach has undergone long-term accretion at a rateof approximately 1 ft/yr in the center region.

• The beach is characterized by episodic erosion that occurson a short-term basis associated with accelerations in thetrade winds that drive higher than normal wave energy orrefracted north swell (or south swells) with a strongeasterly component.

• But in the past these episodes have been followed byaccretion phases that have recovered the beach width topre-eroded conditions. This is a typical behavior forHawaiian beaches that are not deficient in their sandsupply.

Dr. Chip Fletcher—coastal erosion issues





• The portion where the pathway and parking areplanned will probably be attacked by erosionwhen global warming drives sea level higher inHawaii.

• When erosion won’t stop, then the path and theparking materials should be removed.

• Until then I think the path and parking willenhance public access to this beautiful locationwithout harming the beach.





• The overall design [the boardwalk] givesthe unit strong resistance to shear forcesgenerated by overwashing waves that isknown to occur in this area on occasion.

• The planned design would allow segmentsof the boardwalk to be undermined but notdisconnected from the overallconfiguration.

• The walkway may shift, in the way thatportions of a snake shift laterally as itmoves, but breaking free is unlikely.



“I feel the pathwaywill have no negativeenvironmentalimpact.”





Wailua Beach to Coconut Plantation Marketplace phase

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photo simulationphoto simulation





boardwalk

2 ft. 8 ft. 2 ft.

fill

existing sand

• • •







Coconut Plantation

Marketplace

tabletop crosswalk






existing vegetation

existing retaining wall

path

10 ft.





screeningshrub

landscaping

path existingfence

10 ft.5 ft. 5 ft.


path screeningshrub

fence

PAPALOA ROAD TYPICAL ELEVATION

10 ft.




Lanikai Street to Lihi Park phase

















Ala Road to Moanakai Road, South portion


Ala Road to Moanakai Road, North portion






Moanakai Road to Lihi Park






Moanakai Road to Lihi Park, North portion




Kawaihau connection


Kawaihau Road area, mauka portion—boardwalk alternative



Lydgate Park to Lihi Park Ke Ala Hele Makalae Phase III Pathways Project


typical interpretive signtypical interpretive sign





your questions and comments

this presentation will be posted at www.Kauai.gov

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Review of Planning Process · Final Presentation 2 Lydgate Park to Lihi Park Ke Ala Hele Makalae Phase III Pathways Project 3 design team is… • updating the public on progress