Light at the end of the tunnel for Hakalau Beach Park

The Garden Island

Center

High Factuality

Light at the end of the tunnel for Hakalau Beach Park

HILO, Hawai‘i — The long-closed Hakalau Beach Park will reopen more than a decade after being shut to the public, according to a state Department of Transportation document. The Hamakua park was closed in 2017 after extensive lead contamination was found in the park’s soil, which stemmed from lead paint used on the overspanning Hakalau Stream Bridge. Despite closing at the same time and for the same reason as the nearby Kolekole Beach Park, that…