HONOLULU (KHON2) — Rail construction along Dillingham Blvd. continues to impact businesses and there are years of work to go. Honolulu City Council is trying to provide some relief to small business owners.
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“Knock, knock, Hi, are you the owner here?” City Councilmember Radiant Cordero asked as she opened the door to Tori Salon & Spa on Dillingham Blvd.
Cordero and City Councilmember Tyler Dos Santos Tam pounded the pavement Monday afternoon going door to door and speaking with businesses in Kalihi impacted by rail construction.
“We’re working on a proposal to help the small businesses,” Dos Santos Tam said to Yudai Fukuda, owner of U Kitchen in Kokea Shopping Center. “I know rail construction has been very difficult.”
Fukuda said they are in desperate need of help.
“Since (construction) started about the sales got like 60% went down,” Fukuda said. “We don’t have anyplace to go right now so we’re kind of like you know, trying to stay and trying to figure out.”