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Group Argues to Save Haiku Stairs for Historic Preservation Reasons

Judge Lisa Cataldo said Friday she aims to issue a decision by Monday on whether to temporarily halt the city’s demolition of the hiking trail. The city’s effort to dismantle Haiku Stairs, an illegal hiking path that leads to a spectacular view of Oahu’s Windward side, is being challenged again by Friends of Haiku Stairs, which argued Friday for a preliminary injunction to stop demolition.

At an April press conference at Kaneohe District Park, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said the decision to remove Haiku Stairs came after a lot of thought and community discussion. “We just think that their concurrence with the city’s plan was wrong, and we think it was misguided and based on incorrect information,” said Justin Scorza, vice president of Friends of Haiku Stairs. Middle Ridge, which for years was used as the legal back way to reach the same views accessible from Haiku Stairs, was temporarily closed by the Department of Land and Natural Resources on Thursday.

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