Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Fix It! Expired Contract Stalls Sidewalk Repairs At Villages of Kapolei
A resident’s efforts to get answers about efforts to repair a buckled sidewalk and overgrown trees uncovered a lapsed maintenance contract.
Ben Angarone/Civil Beat/2025
Fix It! This Wooden Footbridge In Windward Oʻahu Is A Survivor
It’s Groundhog Day in Windward Oʻahu, where a pedestrian bridge has been caught in a cycle of being destroyed, rebuilt and destroyed.
Jeremy Hay
Fixing It! Sidewalk Corner Passable Now, But More Work Needed
Two street Oʻahu street problems featured by Civil Beat are now in various stages of repair.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
Fix It! The Leaning Traffic Light Of Kalākaua Avenue
Three traffic lights used to regulate heavy traffic into Waikīkī via Kalākaua Avenue. For over a year, a scrappy interim traffic light has been holding down the fort.
Jeremy Hay
Fixed It! MIA Bridge Railing Gets Replaced; Bumpy Bike Path Gets Smoothed
After two years, a long-damaged bridge is suddenly fixed and a past Fix It! column gets results along Date Street on Oʻahu.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
Fix It! Temporary Road Plates Are Still Rattling Drivers Six Years Later
Installed after a 2019 gas leak, steel plates on Kalākaua Avenue are to be removed soon — after yet another delay.
Jeremy Hay
Fix It! Watch Your Step, You May Want To Cut This Corner
The city owns the sidewalk but a state agency is charged with fixing it in this location.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025
Fix It! This Floating Dock In Honolulu Looks More Like A Shipwreck
The state DLNR has plans to replace the docks but no firm start date.
Ben Angarone/Civil Beat/2025
Fix It! People Have Been Waiting Most Of A Decade To Use This Bathroom
Users of a popular park in ʻEwa Beach still have a long wait ahead of them.
Denby Fawcett/Civil Beat/2024
Denby Fawcett: KCC Farmers Market-Goers Deserve A Working Bathroom
Leaving such a well-used restroom in disarray sends the wrong message to residents and tourists alike.