Hawaii Magazine
Centennial Park Waikīkī opened on Feb. 1, a project spearheaded by the Rotary Club of Honolulu.
Feb 3, 2021
You may have walked past this small, gravel lot in Waikīkī, tucked away between Kūhiō Avenue and Ala Wai Boulevard and surrounded by condos. It was mostly used as a staging area for construction vehicles.
I’ve often wondered about this three-quarter-acre parcel. Who owned it? What was there before? And why isn’t there a hotel or parking lot or
something on this very coveted piece of real estate in Waikīkī?
The lot before construction began on transforming it into a park.
20% of all parking tickets issued over the last 5 years went unpaid, state records show
20% of all parking tickets issued over the last 5 years went unpaid, state records show By Allyson Blair | January 21, 2021 at 4:04 PM HST - Updated January 21 at 6:43 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - One out of every five parking tickets issued in Hawaii over the last five years has gone unpaid, Hawaii News Now has learned.
That amounts to nearly $11 million in uncollected fines, state records show.
The top offenders for unpaid fines are rental car companies. Thousands more tickets can’t be traced to anyone at all because of data entry mistakes, bad handwriting and other issues.