The legislature appropriated $6m in 2009 to improve the offsite water infrastructure required for the future development of Lalamilo Subdivision Phase 2A. The project is subdivided into two separate, related parts that together provide the storage and transmission capacities that will enable DHHL to develop the 160+ single family residential parcels. The first project, construction on a 1MG reservoir
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The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ (DHHL) Hawai’i Island Plan (2002) prioritizes the Lalamilo Tract for residential development. The tract is within North Region, an area of high beneficiary preference. DHHL acquired the 232 acre parcel from the Department of Land & Natural Resources in 1999 as part of the 1994 settlement to restore the Hawaiian
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The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ (DHHL) Hawai’i Island Plan (2002) prioritizes the Lalamilo Tract for residential development. The tract is within North Region, an area of high beneficiary preference. DHHL acquired the 232 acre parcel from the Department of Land & Natural Resources in 1999 as part of the 1994 settlement to restore the
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This Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) project involves constructing a water system improvement to provide potable water for ranching activities and associated farm-dwelling uses in DHHL’s Pu‘ukapu Ranch Lots, which the agency has designated as a high-priority project. The water system will also provide separate storage tanks and fire truck connections for fire-fighting use. The project is
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The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and commonly known as the Stimulus or the Recovery Act, furnished funding to HDOT to rehabilitate the aging bridges that support Hawaiʻi Belt Road (Highway 19 also Mamalahoa Highway) through the gulches in the North Hilo district. The scope of the project on Kukuaiu, Kuwaikahi, Nīnole and Maulua Bridges
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This DOT project involves the construction of rockfall mitigation and stabilization measures along the Hawai‘i Belt Road at specific locations adjacent to Maulua, Laupāhoehoe and Ka‘awali‘i Gulches. The mitigation and stabilization measures proposed by DOT include the installation of anchored wire mesh panels along the existing steep rock cut cliffs adjacent to the roadway entrances and
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Rendering by WCIT Architecture – Click for larger image The Ka Haka `Ula O Ke`elikolani College of Hawaiian Language Building will serve as the first permanent home for the College. Currently, the College’s operations are spread out over three different locations and personnel compete for instructional and support space with other disciplines – some
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The first phase ($13m) of the new Hilo High School Gym project (total $21m) is going out to bid this summer with construction to follow. This project, a collaboration between State Civil Defense & DOE, will provide the school a modern facility for school activities and athletes while also serving as a civil defense shelter
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On May 11, 2010 the new Kealakaha Bridge was dedicated by Mayor Billy Kenoi, Representative Mark Nakashima, DOT Director Brennan Morioka and others. The new 650 foot bridge crosses the Kealakaha Gulch at over 200 feet below the gulch floor. The old bridge, constructed in 1935, was notorious for its narrow curvature. The new bridge is
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The expansion of Hale Ho’ola is another instance of our community’s collective response to support one another whenever it matters the most. Eighty-nine community organizations joined hundreds of community members who signed petitions and sent individual letters to the Governor asking for the release of $9.2 million for the expansion of Hale Ho‘ola Hamakua. The new
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