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State Clearing Homeless from APEC Sight Lines … hiding the shameful deeds of their handywork

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 2:26

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State landscaping crews and prisoners are busy this week, clearing out homeless people and their belongings from 17 areas along Nimitz Highway and the H-1 freeway that will be seen by delegations attending next month’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

State clearing homeless from APEC sight lines

HERE By Dan Nakaso

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 26, 2011

Sharon, who lives with friends under the H-1 viaduct near Nimitz Highway, holds her kitten. She said workers have been clearing out the homeless in the area but have left them alone so far.

The weeklong clearing is expected to cost $100,000 and will involve 50 state Department of Transportation landscaping employees and 38 prisoners, according to the Transportation and Public Safety departments.

“We anticipate someone’s going to ask us to do it again as we get closer to APEC,” transportation spokesman Dan Meisenzahl said.

Crews primarily are focusing on removing homeless people and their belongings from bridges along APEC travel routes, he said. Full report HERE