Cleaning up the roads
Abandoned vehicle programs deemed a success
TIM WRIGHT/Special to the Tribune-Herald
Monday, October 8, 2018
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‘This is a
life-or-death
situation’
United Nations releases
report on global warming
WASHINGTON — Preventing an extra
single degree of heat could make a life-ordeath
difference in the next few decades for
multitudes of people and ecosystems on this
fast-warming planet, an international panel of
scientists reported Sunday. But they provide
little hope the world will rise to the challenge.
The Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change issued its gloomy
report at a meeting in Incheon, South Korea.
In the 728-page document, the U.N.
organization detailed how Earth’s weather,
health and ecosystems would be in better
shape if the world’s leaders could somehow
limit future human-caused warming
to just 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit from now,
instead of the globally agreed-upon goal
of 1.8 degrees F. Among other things:
• Half as many people would suffer
from lack of water.
• There would be fewer deaths and illnesses
from heat, smog and infectious diseases.
Two county programs to
remove abandoned vehicles
are being declared a success,
with 331 junk cars either
removed or being scheduled
to be removed so far.
That’s according to
Environmental Management
Director Bill Kucharski,
who said Friday
the resumption
of picking up
vehicles on private
roadways,
coupled with
an amnesty
program that
subsidized disposal costs for
those who towed their own
vehicles to the scrapyard,
has proved a win-win for the
county and communities.
The two programs are part
of a three-prong approach
to remove unsightly and
dangerous vehicles from
island roadways. The third
component is a new state law
giving the county more wiggle
room in how it handles
abandoned vehicles, while
A stripped
and
abandoned
truck sits on
the side of
Mamalahoa
Highway in
Honaunau
in January.
LAURA
RUMINSKI/
West Hawaii
Today
By NANCY COOK LAUER
West Hawaii Today
See VEHICLES Page A5
Small boat harbor fee hikes proposed by board
Fee increases and rule
changes are being proposed
for many uses of state small
boat harbors and facilities.
The Division of Boating
and Ocean Recreation is
seeking approval from the
state Land Board this Friday
in Honolulu to initiate the
rule-making process and hold
public hearings on its proposal.
A staff submittal says notices
were sent to affected parties
starting a year ago, and that fee
increases are “long overdue.”
The fee and rule
changes include:
• Increasing fees for
use of state boat launching
ramps for recreational
or fishing purposes from
$40 a year to $75 a year.
• Increasing monthly dry
storage rates to $3 per foot of
vessel or trailer length, whichever
is greater. Fee is currently
$1.15 per foot for paved
areas, and $1 for unpaved
areas. Vessels stored for less
than 16 calendar days would
be charged a reduced rate of
50 percent, with a minimum
charge of $50. No charge
for stays less than 7 days.
A monthly fee of $1.50 per
square foot would be charged
for other equipment, with a
reduced rate for shorter stays.
• Requiring a person seeking
approval for dry storage
KUCHARSKI
By SETH BORENSTEIN
Associated Press
See REPORT Page A5
By TOM CALLIS
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
See FEES Page A5
Vuls vie for
redemption
SPORTS, B1
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