HONOLULU (KHON2) — Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi signed a law that updates sidewalk regulations, as the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation works to remove more than 100 payphones from the city.
Bill 6 was introduced by Councilmember Tyler Dos Santos-Tam and eliminates long-defunct structures in city code such as freight elevators, freight chutes and more. According to the city, the targeted structures have not been used in years and are often targets of vandalism.
‘No public value,’ City looks to remove Hawaii payphones
“Our modern city deserves modern ordinances,” Dos Santos-Tam said. “Each and every one of our payphones stopped working years ago, and freight chutes belong to another era. This bill is about making space to focus on the tools and technologies that serve the public today.”
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The DPR has worked to remove the payphones since 2024, while also working with local historians to preserve any notable elements of the old phones before they are demolished…