Christine Hitt
A new parking and management system will be implemented soon at four more parks, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) recently announced.
The four parks adding parking fees include Wailuku River State Park (popular for Rainbow Falls) and Kekaha Kai State Park on the Big Island of Hawaii; Wailua River State Park (popular for Wailua Falls) on Kauai; and Puu Ualakaa State Wayside on Oahu.
"We're always looking for ways to make our parks more enjoyable for both residents and visitors," DLNR Division of State Parks acting administrator Alan Carpenter said in a news release. "These partnerships allow us to provide more consistent visitor management while ensuring that the revenues collected are reinvested directly into our parks."
The improvements will help the parks "maintain a balance between visitor access and keeping these highly popular parks free and accessible to residents," Carpenter continued.