LIHUE (AP) – A Kauai ranch owner has offered the county an easement that will provide trail access to Papaa Bay on his estate north of Anahola. In exchange, Mandalay Ranch owner Peter Guber would get an unused portion of
LIHUE (AP) – A Kauai ranch owner has offered the county an easement that will provide trail access to Papaa Bay on his estate north of Anahola.
In exchange, Mandalay Ranch owner Peter Guber would get an unused portion of Papaa Road.
Several months ago, Guber asked the county to sell him the unused portion of Papaa Road. But residents complained that they would not have access to Papaa Bay.
Papaa Bay is within the ranch’s boundaries. The only legal access is along the beach from the south and includes a long trek over volcanic rock. Guber is offering to give the county title to a strip of land linking two existing easements so there would be a shorter, legal right of way to Papaa Bay.
The route is already used by local fishermen and surfers but it is not a legal easement.
Guber is the former head of Columbia Pictures and was producer of a number of major films, including “Rain Man.”
