Hawaii bridge collapse could cost up to $22m to restore island access

The Times of India

Nearly four years after engineers rated Coconut Island’s only pedestrian bridge in serious condition, an 8,000-pound county excavator helped collapse it; Hawaii now faces up to $22 million to restore access

TOI World Desk · Oct 12, 2026

fencing, closure notices and an increasingly uncertain future for one of the area’s most familiar public spaces. Now, after a section of the bridge collapsed under an 8,000-pound county excavator, restoring that connection could cost Hawaii County as much as $22 million, states an online report by the Beat of Hawaii.