The dirt comes from the big hole dug during construction of the police station. Photo by Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin

Luckily, Honolulu City and County employees haven't discovered that solution yet. But there's still dirt to get got rid of. The most obvious lately has been enormous mounds on the Date Street side of Ala Wai Golf Course.

Recently, bulldozers have been pushing the dirt around. The reason is that the golf course is building a new maintenance facility on the spot. But the dirt itself comes from the excavated lot on Alapai Street where the old police station stood. The city was stockpiling the dirt on the golf course until the time was right to push it around with bulldozers.

According to golf course maintenance supervisor Clarence Nakatsukasa, the maintenance building needs to be elevated somewhat because of drainage concerns in the area, so the extra dirt actually came in handy. "The bulldozers are leveling it off and tamping it down," he said.

When will the maintenance building be completed?

"I told the contractor we'd like to have a Christmas party in the new building," said Nakatsukasa, somewhat wistfully.

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