Honolulu Rail will be elevated- but what about
access to it with Sea Level Rise?
Will the
roads and parking lots all be elevated too?
What about the sewer, water, electrical systems
– all elevated?
What about the sewer, water, electrical systems
– all elevated?
IF NOT- Honolulu better start designing a very different 50-100 year Honolulu Rail transit plan, because the current rail route will be underwater by then.
Why is HART and the City ignoring Sea Level Rise - And Waste Billions Of Dollars?
Sea Level
Rise, Ground Subsidence and Hurricane Storm Surge will require nearly complete rebuild of Honolulu HART Rail Line and Stations located in well identified coastal disaster area.
Hawaii Politicians played a major role in corrupting government agencies to approve badly done archeological documents and to completely ignore the warnings of 13 Federal agencies that HART Rail route will be located in the wrong place once expected disaster hits.
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Climate Change Sustainability & Asset Management News
Marie Venner – March 2011
Hawaii DOT – Oahu MPO Climate Change Adaptation Planning/Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment Workshop
Oahu MPO, Hawaii DOT and associated scientists, other state and federal agencies, and cultural leaders conducted a climate change adaptation workshop in Honolulu on March 8-9, 2011. Hawaii has done a number of things that may be useful in other states. First, the
state’s leading scientists have put together a brief overview of the major implications of climate change for the state. It is glossy, has pictures of the state and effects from increasing storms, storm intensities, and rising sea levels. Local, state, and federal agencies
in Hawaii are clear about the need to prepare for climate change.
The state has already prepared a multi-hazard mitigation plan, under FEMA, with a section on climate change mitigation (read adaptation, in DOT-speak, which roughly matches to climate change mitigation, in FEMA terms). FEMA considers it a model for other states.
Oahu MPO Executive Director Brian Gibson pointed out,
"Knowing vulnerabilities now gives us more options for addressing those vulnerabilities in the future; otherwise options are more limited and more expensive."
Hawaii Politicians played a major role in corrupting government agencies to approve badly done archeological documents and to completely ignore the warnings of 13 Federal agencies that HART Rail route will be located in the wrong place once expected disaster hits.
*****************************************************************************************
Climate Change Sustainability & Asset Management News
Marie Venner – March 2011
Hawaii DOT – Oahu MPO Climate Change Adaptation Planning/Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment Workshop
Oahu MPO, Hawaii DOT and associated scientists, other state and federal agencies, and cultural leaders conducted a climate change adaptation workshop in Honolulu on March 8-9, 2011. Hawaii has done a number of things that may be useful in other states. First, the
state’s leading scientists have put together a brief overview of the major implications of climate change for the state. It is glossy, has pictures of the state and effects from increasing storms, storm intensities, and rising sea levels. Local, state, and federal agencies
in Hawaii are clear about the need to prepare for climate change.
The state has already prepared a multi-hazard mitigation plan, under FEMA, with a section on climate change mitigation (read adaptation, in DOT-speak, which roughly matches to climate change mitigation, in FEMA terms). FEMA considers it a model for other states.
Oahu MPO Executive Director Brian Gibson pointed out,
"Knowing vulnerabilities now gives us more options for addressing those vulnerabilities in the future; otherwise options are more limited and more expensive."
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