APEC security changes may be extending beyond Waikiki and Ko Olina

More details about APEC security and traffic plans are expected to be announced this week, and some neighborhoods can expect some security attention due to VIPs.
The Secret Service plan will reveal more about how tourists and locals will be affected but officials say expect it to change, as the itineraries of 21 heads of state are still in flux.
Officials and planners have already said there will be changes in traffic and some areas of very high security during the second week of November when APEC hit Honolulu.
"The reality of it is, when we have one head of state in Hawaii there's a little bit of interruption. When we have 21 there's going to be some impact," said CEO of APEC 2011 Hawaii Gregg Yamanaka.

Specifics are not out yet, but that should change this week.
"The first press release is going to be issued this Thursday by the U.S. Secret Service, and that will be the first detailed explanation of their plans," Yamanaka says.
A draft Coast Guard security plan published in the federal register earlier this month proposed blocking swimmer and boater access to zones just offshore of Waikiki, Ko Olina and Ala Wai for between one and seven days.
"The beach basically is open, but I think there will be some security issues because of the nature of the high security heads of state here and their proximity to some of the beaches, but I think the Secret Service is working to minimize that impact so it's not unnecessarily long or broad," Yamanaka says.Still yet to be determined is the impact beyond Waikiki and a day at Ko Olina. Private parties for government leaders and business executives are being scoped out across Oahu and even the neighbor islands.
"I know of several big time parties that are going to be in some of the private homes in Kahala and elsewhere," said Gloria Henderson of HNL Travel. "Representatives form each country have been here and have scouted the areas."
"I'm hearing about wonderful events happening all over the city, events happening all over the state, in fact I think the russians are anticipating doing some things in places other than waikiki," said Peter Ho of the APEC Hawaii Host Committee.
Meanwhile, travel agents say some visitors unrelated to APEC are considering neighbor island travel during the period to avoid the crowd, but some want to be in the heart of it.
"So for them it's just going to be like the red carpet in Hollywood or something where they stand out and ogle and watch the passing parade," Henderson says.
The host committee president says the plan includes parking areas outside Waikiki, with shuttles to mitigate car traffic.