Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 17, Number 3, 1 March 2000 — DHHL correction [ARTICLE]

DHHL correction

As a matter for the record, I would like to correct an erroneous statement made in the "Ho 'olehua Runway" newsbrief that was published in the February 2000 issue of the Ka Wai Ola o OHA. The Ho'olehua Airport no longer sits on Hawaiian home lands. As part of the 1985 court-negotiated settlement on the airport land dispute involving Hilo, Waimea and Moloka'i Airports, the disputed airport lands were exchanged for commereial properties at Shafter Flats, O'ahu. The exchange deed is dated April 23, 1986, and includes a navigation easement covering 37.5 acres. The navigation easement area is part of the proposed runway expansion. Kenneth Toguchi Puhlie lnformation Specialist Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Editor's note: The airport was originally built on Hawaiian home lands. While the runway no longer sits on home lands, the homesteaders still reside in close proximity to it and the noise and dustfrom its traffic.

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