Don’t open floodgates to Westside tourism

Don’t open floodgates to Westside tourism

To the Forum:

Regarding the

General Plan Update, I am opposed to Kikiaola Land Company’s plan to rezone

more than 100 acres of agricultural land near Waimea to

resort.

Historically, in past General Plans, Kaua’i’s Westside has been

deliberately set aside as rural while Po’ipu, Kapa’a and Princeville has been

zoned as resort.

If you allow Kikiaola Land Company to rezone their lands

to resort, thousands of tourists will inundate Kekaha and Waimea every day.

Some of these tourists will stay overnight on the Westside, but most will come

from other areas of Kaua’i. This will destroy the rural ambiance of the

Westside.

Moreover, once you allow one company to rezone to resort, other

companies will follow suit and rezone other lands in Kekaha and Waimea and

Pakala to resort, and you’re opening the floodgates to thousands of additional

tourists. You won’t be able to stop it.

Jerry J. Sokugawa

Kekaha