Here comes Coco Palms 2026. Despite the horrendous traffic, no beach, plus development, cultural, and staffing concerns, redevelopment of the long-gone resort starts now.
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The property is an eyesore the way it is. Something should be done with the land. A resort or a park.
Perhaps a bridge over the highway or perhaps a tunnel under the highway to divide safe access to the beach.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
Mind boggling that the county is letting this project go through! For So many reasons. But for those of us who live in Kapa’a, We’re the ones who are going to have to suffer the additional traffic and congestion on a daily basis. And for what? Another resort that won’t help the daily lives of the most residents. When is enough going to be enough? Is our county that greedy for revenue at the cost of our daily lives? It’s a Shame!
It’s awesome news!! The eyesore will now be replaced by a beautiful set of buildings, represents many jobs and adds to the tax base, which pays for your police and fire dept!! Great news!
The culture,history,and aloha of the Hawaiian people should take precedence over building another hotel on a sacred site. I am a mainlander and I come to Hawaii to honor the true beauty of the land, it’s people and it’s culture. More hotels only further erode the true Hawaii. Mahalo
Our favorite Hawaiian Island to visit❣️we travel from Vancouver Island,BC and consider our island to be the Hawaii of British Columbia. We have read about and seen this resort in passing and hoped this day would come for beautiful breathtaking Kauai❣️ Hope we get to stay there in 2026 if it’s complete👍
Historical Cultural Hawaii must be preserved….Stop Construction.. please Coco palms a sacred culture site
Tbh what isnt a culturally significant site on any hawaiian island?
You are probably right. That’s why Hawaii is so special.
You should ask the mayor where earth works took the sand. Does no one remember this? The excavator and white bags of sand stacked on the south entrance of Wailua beach. Must have been equivalent to 5 semi-truck loads. Don’t blame the current state the beach is on erosion. Blame it in the locals in government who don’t pay attention to the change in the seasons and shifting of the sand. And who don’t stand up for our resources. Shame on you. I’ll give you a clue. Winter sand move to one side of the bay. Summer sand move to the other side of the bay. Happens every year like clock work. We’ll maybe not this year or the years to follow because the sand was dug up and move off the beach.
So who was it that actually gave or sold the sand…..that was so irresponsible and most likely illegal….People of Kauai, let’s make this public knowledge…Ron you are so right about the seasons moving the sand…lets get to the bottom of this….
The beach didn’t erode. Why don’t you ask the mayor where earth works took the sand they dug from the south entrench of Wailua bay. This was done in end of 2019 start of 2020. Should have took picture for proof. It seems that no one remembers this. The excavator and the big white bags stacked at the south entrance to Wailua beach. They mush have taken an equivalent of 5 semi-trucks of sand. Sad that people who grew up here that are in politics don’t understand the shifting of the seasons and the way the sand moves with the seasons. Don’t blame erosion. Blame the people that make these decisions.
I was fortunate to have stayed at the Coco Palms in 1968, as my entire family went. It was August and as a 13 year old, I found it enchanting, with so much cultural experiences. At night, while eating dinner, they had the ceremony of blowing into the large seashells, and lighting all the tiki torches along the moat by the dinning area, and there was a large fire pit where they roasted pigs or turkeys. There was the Sea Shell restaurant on the beach, and the fern grotto just up the river. I would hate to see an over developed area, like Honolulu. It would be great to leave the original palm tree groves, and put the land back to its native state. Don’t ruin Kauai….
Hope this time it does get interfered with we visited it for our honeymoon in1974 we were hoping it eould be done by when we visited in 2018.