Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Abandoned cars are one of the Big Island’s top environmental issues.
The remote community of Hawaiian Ocean View — the largest subdivision in the country — is ground zero. But of course, this problem is statewide.
Situations like this are exactly why the Legislature passed laws in 2022 to provide counties with more tools to target abandoned cars and illegal junkyards.
Yet folks still find it easier and cheaper to simply walk away.
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2025/04/hawaiian-ocean-view-has-abandoned-cars-for-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see
Abandoned cars are one of the Big Island’s top environmental issues.
The remote community of Hawaiian Ocean View — the largest subdivision in the country — is ground zero. But of course, this problem is statewide.
Situations like this are exactly why the Legislature passed laws in 2022 to provide counties with more tools to target abandoned cars and illegal junkyards.
Yet folks still find it easier and cheaper to simply walk away.
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2025/04/hawaiian-ocean-view-has-abandoned-cars-for-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see
