Q: I'm curious. When the state takes over Barbers Point in 1999, will that area still be known as Barbers Point and will some of the street names be kept? I think it's unique how the streets are all named after Navy ships and a wonderful tribute to our veterans. The reason for my first question is that my dad worked at Kahua Ranch. In those days, the Kahua Ranch area was known as Honouliuli. Now, with all the new homes, if I'm not mistaken, that area is no longer known as Honouliuli. Barbers Point will likely
be called Kalaeloa againA: Actually, the area probably will revert to its original name - "Kalaeloa," meaning long point - after the state takes over 2,150 acres there, said Bill Bass, executive director of the Barbers Point Naval Air Station Redevelopment Commission.
It will take legislation to effect the change, but "we're working in that direction," he said. "The airfield would be called the Kalaeloa Airport and so forth, but as far as the street names, I think the existing names would be retained."
But that would be left up to the agency that implements the Barbers Point re-use plan, which is still to be finalized. That agency hasn't yet been chosen, but the commission is recommending that the Hawaii Community Development Authority be the overseer, Bass said. "But that takes legislation also," he said.
The area became known as Barbers Point (commonly misspelled with an apostrophe) in honor of Capt. Henry Barber, who went aground there in 1796.
Although most of the naval station will be turned over to the state as part of the Navy's move to downsize, it will retain 1,000 acres at the mauka end, Bass said.
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