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Solution for homeless needed for Kanaha

Mayor Victorino, please find a solution for Kanaha Beach Park.

Converting the state’s premier and safest watersports venue into a permanent homeless encampment is unfair to residents and to the thousands of tourists who regularly use it.

Keeping Kanaha closed forces watersports enthusiasts to unsafe venues and will eventually lead to fatalities and dangerous, costly offshore rescues.

Maui needs a solution for the homeless, but there are safer and more appropriate locations than a permanent encampment in a premier county park.

Now, a window with few local COVID cases, is the appropriate time to pursue these options before rising visitor traffic causes an uptick in cases and the window closes again for all.

The societal cost of a single fatality caused by a misguided relocation of watersports activities to less safe venues will far outweigh pecuniary costs associated with a well-considered relocation of the current homeless encampment.

Mark Wales

Kahului

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