HONOLULU (KHON2) — North Shore residents are speaking out against changes to a proposed gondola up Mount Ka’ala.
They said certain approved conditions are not being followed.
Residents protest gondola project at Mt. Kaʻala
Conceptual plans for the gondola project’s conditional use permit (CUP) were greenlit by the Department of Planning and Permitting back in 2019 — North Shore Rep. Sean Quinlan said the community has been fighting it ever since.
“It’s insulting. It’s offensive. And you got to remember, Hawaii, we had the good sense to ban billboards 120 years ago. So if we ban billboards, why would we ever allow a gondola, a ski lift or tram on the side of a mountain,” Rep. Quinlan said…