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By NPT Staff - August 2nd, 2021

The National Park Service wants to impose a fee for parking at Pearl Harbor National Memorial/US Navy file

The National Park Service want to charge for parking at Pearl Harbor National Memorial to help cover the costs of deferred maintenance and upkeep in the park.

According to a park release, the revenues would support the park’s deferred maintenance and upkeep on the USS Arizona Memorial as well as park sites on Ford Island including the USS Utah, USS Oklahoma memorials, and historic Chief Petty Officer Bungalows.

This fee would also fund operation of the parking lots and enhance visitor services such as security, exhibits, and to leverage technology to better reach a more modern audience.

The proposed parking fee would be $7 per day and would be managed by the National Park Service. The planned implementation date for this expanded amenity fee would be 2023. Entrance into Pearl Harbor National Memorial and the USS Arizona Memorial program remains free. 

A 30-day public comment period now open runs through August 30. You can find more details on the proposal and leave your comments at this site.

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Submitted by tahoma on August 2, 2021 - 11:07am.

I wonder what tour buses will pay; they seem to have gotten a special deal in the past:

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/35542648/whisteblower-in-uss-arizona...

It's depressing to see a once-proud agency become the National Parking Service. Maybe they should spend some of that revenue completing their congressionally-mandated carrying capcity study.


Submitted by y_p_w on August 2, 2021 - 1:32pm.

Tour buses aren't included in the paid parking plan.  It's only for parking at lots A/C/D.  There's still the commercial loading zone and the commercial vehicle parking lot.  You can download the plan here:

https://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=343&projectID=103663&do...


Submitted by USN on August 2, 2021 - 3:20pm.

Where's the Navy?  Is not the Memorial and the lot their property?

How much of that $7 would go to the park vs. the contractor operating the lot?  Can anyone say Mt. Rushmore?


Submitted by Mather Forever on August 2, 2021 - 6:04pm.

A smart move by the NPS and I wish more parks would go this route.  


Submitted by y_p_w on August 2, 2021 - 11:05pm.

USN:

Where's the Navy?  Is not the Memorial and the lot their property?

How much of that $7 would go to the park vs. the contractor operating the lot?  Can anyone say Mt. Rushmore?

Actually no.  I checked the map of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham, and the memorial area is outside of the military boundaries.  The proposal says tht the parking operation will be staffed exclusively by NPS personnel.

The strange thing is that it doesn't include Parking Lot B, which is further away.  The last time I was there I think that was the one I parked at.


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