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Highway extension revived

By JOHN BURNETT The Hawaii Department of Transportation is reviving plans to extend the Daniel K. Inouye Highway in the South Kohala district from its current ending at Mamalahoa Highway (Route 190) westwardto Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway (Route 19). According to the DOT, it is working with the Federal HighwayAdministration to seek federal funds for the project. The Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area is along DKI Highway, and the feds provided the majority of the funding for the east-west highway…Read more

Big plans for Kawaihae Harbor

By STEFAN VERBANO Hawaii Tribune-Herald The Hawaii Department of Transportation is planning to begin a makeover of Kawaihae Harbor next year, including the widening of Kawaihae Road to build an 875-foot-long dedicated left turn and storage lane leading up to the harbor’s entrance. According to the project’s draft environmentalassessment published last week – which anticipated a finding of “no significant impact” – the more than $50 million in improvement work will help reduce…Read more

Proposed ‘Green Fee’ projects list altered again

By ANDREW GOMES Honolulu Star-Advertiser State spending gatekeepers at the Legislature have put a big stamp on Hawaii’s first batch “Green Fee” projects to be funded by a new tourism impact fee, shunting about 40% of recommendations from an advisory council. Thirty state lawmakers agreed late Wednesday afternoon on a list of about 90 initial Green Fee projects totaling $129 million to protect natural resources, mitigate disaster risk and improve visitor experiences. About 60% of…Read more

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