Rental car facility could boost tourism
I recently read an article titled, “Hawaii airport opens $340M facility for car rental companies” in Kahului, Maui a Hawaii airport has opened a $340 million car rental facility. I’m sure the money could’ve been put into something different, but this works for many reasons.
On my visit to Maui around October of last year, we had to wait in line for around two hours, to catch a bus that would take us to the car rental area.
I think if the implementation of this new car rental facility would make the process more efficient, more tourists would traffic through and more would come back.
With tourism being one of the main sources of income for the state, this investment of a new rental car facility would increase the production of this industry bringing more money to the island and or state.
Steven Zina, Kalaheo
North Shore school would be great
The Garden Island recently released an article titled “Proposing a secondary school,” (May 20) and it details the effort to build a middle and high school on Kauai’s North Shore.
The article discusses the effort to raise funds, the intentions for outdoor-based learning, and its target date to open, which happens to be between 2021-23.
As a high schooler attending Waimea High School, I have come to terms with how things work around here, and I have to say another high school could do wonders for this island.
Firstly the benefit for kids living on the North Shore would be great. They wouldn’t have to commute to Kapaa, meaning both Kapaa and “North Shore” High would be more balanced in population, meaning fairness in funding, sports, etc.
Speaking of sports, if the North Shore were to participate in KIF (Kauai Interscholastic Federation), it would greatly improve our high school sports scene. It would add more competition, and potentially increase the length of seasons, meaning the schools make more money and the kids can stay active longer.
For sports that Island School (the other private school on island) don’t have teams, this new high school could fill that gap, making an even four teams each game day (no team HAS to have a bye week/game, every team will have an opponent.). Especially because the North Shore has been approved for these new schools, it seems like a great opportunity for our island and our sports scene.
Marcus Schultz, Kekaha
Mr. Steven Zina-
Oh boy. I cannot wait to read responses to your LTE.
Increase the number of visitors to Kauai by making it easier to rent a car here?
You must be kidding us, or housebound. Have a look at the highway near your home, Clogged with cars on quickly deteriorating roads? Have you visited a beach lately?
Why would we make it easier on tourists? For their almighty dollars?
You must not think a lot about lifestyle and peace and quiet.
Like I said, check out the responses. I am willing to bet that 90% of Kauai residents reject the idea of making car rentals easier for tourists especially to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, money better used to improve existing roads, fix public bathrooms, create more affordable housing, and establish a hemp industry here on Kauai.
Kauaiboy
Yes! What we really need is more tourists and rental cars on our overcrowded roads! There aren’t enough cars and traffic here! The public bathrooms and parking lots are too clean and empty from disuse! More tourist money needs to go to all the mainland corporations that own the hotels! More profits are needed for the mainland owners of all the vacation rentals! More rental cars for the potholes and failing bridges! More angry aggressive drivers are wanted!
Mr Zina, perhaps, once again, the state should look at putting the horse in front of the cart for a change. Like bringing the infrastructure up to par before providing the means to put more rented vehicles on the highways in a shorter period of time. The last time I rented a car at Kahului airport, it took me two hours to drive to Lahaina after I waited an hours and 45 minutes just to get the car.
Mr Schultz. It is agreed that the north shore should have its own middle and high school. But In my opinion, before doing anything that will surely attract a larger population, the state and/or the county should be looking at ways to solve other more critical issues on Kauai’s north shore. Like fixing the highways and bridges and perhaps building a sewage treatment plant in order to eliminate the 43 +?? cesspools that are continuously polluting the entire Hanalei Bay. Form an assessment district and tack the payments on to the property taxes for all properties involved. The rest of the taxpayers of Kauai or the state should NOT have to pay for that.
We need to figure a way to reduce cars allowed on Kaua’i- promote better bus system