It Could Cost Billions For The Navy To Move Red Hill Fuel

TL;DR - The Navy has for years resisted relocating the fuel in part because doing so would be extremely expensive. Constructing a new jet fuel facility to replace the aging tanks at Red Hill could cost between $4 billion and $10 billion and could take until 2051, according to a 2018 analysis commissioned by the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command.

Environmental activist Kyle Kajihiro, board member of Hawaii Peace and Justice, said calls for suspension of Red Hill operations are welcome but “fall short of the urgent steps needed to prevent a much larger disaster.”

“This is a full blown emergency which has been slowly developing for months and years,” he said. “Our elected officials need to demand that fuel be removed from the Red Hill tanks while the Navy tries to figure out what went wrong.”

December 7, 2021: It Could Cost Billions For The Navy To Move Red Hill Fuel, Honolulu Civil Beat