Ka cika wannan magana: A yau, gabar tekun da ke yammacin Hualālai sanannen wuri ne na wuraren hutu, domin inuwar ruwan sama da ke kan dutsen yana sa rana ta yi yawa. Na farko, Kona Village, an gina shi a shekara ta 1961. Tun daga wannan lokacin an kuma gina Gidan Hudu Hudu da filin wasan golf na Kūkio da rukunin gidajen hutu a kan kwararar 1800. Dukansu Kona Village Resort da Four Seasons Resort sun lalace ta tsunami da aka samar da
Girgizar kasa ta Sendai ta 2011. Hanyar Hawai'i Belt Road tana ratsa gangaren yamma tare da hanyar da ake kira Mamalahoa Highway da kuma hanyar da ake kira Sarauniya Kaahumanu.