Amidst some of the tightest port security Nawiliwili Harbor has ever seen, convoys of 18-wheelers rumbled between the Puhi Metals Recycling Center and the harbor as the semi-annual hauling of junk cars and scrap metal ended this weekend. The trucks,
Amidst some of the tightest port security Nawiliwili Harbor has ever seen, convoys of 18-wheelers rumbled between the Puhi Metals Recycling Center and the harbor as the semi-annual hauling of junk cars and scrap metal ended this weekend.
The trucks, which had been using a route which took them past Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School along Keneke Street then down Nuhou Street before making it onto Nawiliwili Road and eventually to the harbor, even had to make a detour for a few hours Sunday while the Kaua‘i All-Island Marching Band practiced along Nuhou Street near the middle school.
Honolulu-based Hawaii Metal Recycling officials coordinated the movement of 4,000 tons of various scrap metal, including cars and old refrigerators, to the barge waiting at Nawiliwili Harbor, and eventually for O‘ahu and domestic and international ports.
Trucks from a number of Kaua‘i companies were contracted to haul the unwanted stuff from Puhi to Nawiliwili.
Preparation for the hauling closed down the Puhi Metals Recycling Center last Friday and Saturday. It was to re-open today, Monday, Oct. 18. The PMRC is always closed on Sundays.
