Updated at 8:57 a.m., Saturday, April 7, 2007
Rockslide closes North Shore's main roadway
Advertiser Staff
Several boulders fell onto Kamehameha Highway near Waimea Bay around 12:45 a.m., prompting police to shut down the only road through the North Shore in both directions.No one was injured when the boulders fell on the Sunset Beach side of Waimea Bay, police said.
The spot where the boulders fell is in the same area as a 2000 rockslide that cut off Kamehameha Highway for 95 days and disrupted North Shore traffic, police said.
In April 2006, an early-morning slide of rocks and debris, including at least one tree, closed a section of Kamehameha Highway from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. No injuries were reported.
The debris that landed on the highway last year came through an unprotected area on the Pupukea side.
State officials installed chain link fencing and netting after a March 2000 slide.
