![]() ![]() The park has received much care and support over the last eight years and its incredible beauty is shining through once again.”Įxceptional Trees in the project area will be protected, however three trees along the makai-end of the canal wall will be relocated and one will be removed to reduce damage to the canal walls. These continued improvements are all part of an ongoing effort to take care of an irreplaceable natural resource for our residents that has been neglected for decades, and allowed to degrade. “Also to be repaired are the collapsed coral block canal wall built at the inception of the park in the 1930’s that collapsed into the canal a couple years ago. “This pedestrian bridge will provide central and much needed pedestrian access to Ala Moana Regional Park, the most heavily used park in the state, and sometimes called the ‘People’s Park,” said Mayor Kirk Caldwell. Both bridges will additionally have decorative railings and abutments that reflect the art-deco architectural features prevalent in this historic park. The existing bridges measure about 10’ wide and the new bridge near Queen Street will be twice as wide, while the new bridge near Pi‘ikoi Street will be triple the width. The pedestrian bridges over the drainage canal near Queen Street and Pi‘ikoi streets will be removed and replaced with wider bridges that align with the crosswalks on Ala Moana Boulevard. The fallen sections of the existing walls will be replaced with a precast reinforced concrete wall, and the repaired wall sections will be reconstructed with concrete rubble masonry. Roughly 900-feet of the drainage canal wall between the ‘Ewa-side Japanese Pond and tennis courts will be repaired or replaced, including the portion that collapsed in 2016. HONOLULU – A Capital Improvement Project to repair the damaged drainage canal walls and replace two pedestrian bridges over the drainage canal at Ala Moana Regional Park began this week. ![]() 18, 2020 Project to repair canal walls and replace bridges at Ala Moana Regional Park Wider pedestrian bridges near Queen and Pi‘ikoi streets to align with existing Ala Moana Blvd. These should be completely restored for public use very soon.įriday, Dec. The pedestrian bridge widening project on the mauka-side of the park and Magic Island retaining wall & walkway improvement projects are the 2 efforts which just finished their landscape maintenance period. The Japanese Pond project (the tidal pond on the Kewalo-side) is near completion, and we are working on a few remaining items with the contractor. The project to repair the concrete decking for the bridle bridge (the double rainbow bridge near the bus stop) is awaiting the notice to proceed for the contractor. This includes Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts efforts to restore the murals and mosaics inside the portico as well as: structural improvements like repairing cracks, providing accessible restrooms installing a new fire alarm system, replacing the electrical panels, removal of tree roots in the two passage ways, adding new air-conditioning and new roofing for the two lower roofs. One to improve the historic portico entrance on the Ewa-side of the pavilion.One for a wide variety of repairs to the pavilion’s: gates, walkways, banyan courtyard, administrative buildings, the auditorium’s 40-year-old lighting and audio/visual system, bathrooms, fire alarm system, air conditioning, electrical/mechanical issues, along with renovations to the auditorium floor and exterior pavers which experienced damage from the roots of the courtyard’s Banyan trees. ![]() ![]() These include: providing accessible restrooms, new ceiling fans, LED lighting, mechanical ventilation & electrical panels replacing the sewerline replacing wood rot in roofing over Kitchen loading zone installing a new fire alarm system and renovating the Kitchen to meet our current usage of the permitted space.
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