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Title: Access issues delay Haiku Stairs opening
Source: Star-Bulletin Newspaper; Honolulu, Hawaii
Author: Staff
Date: September 7, 2002
Hikers eager to climb to the top of Windward Oahu's Haiku Stairs may have to wait until next month. The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has OK'd giving the city access to the stairs over its property, but the City Council has not yet approved the deal from its side.
The Council won't take up the issue until its October meeting, said an aide to Councilman Steve Holmes.
A pathway to get to the stairs via Hope Chapel property won't be ready for several weeks anyway, said a city spokesperson. That route will be a temporary fix until the city is able to work out a deal with Hawaiian Home Lands to permanently acquire its 142-acre Haiku Valley, site of the former Coast Guard Omega station. The city spent $875,000 to repair the 3,922 steps that lead to a breathtaking view.
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