At the Kawaihae Local Resource Council (KLRC) meeting on Sunday, February 5, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., Sal Panem, Hawaii Island District Engineer with the Department of Transportation, Highways Division, will update the community on the Kawaihae Harbor Bypass project as well as pedestrian safety concerns and parking along the roadway near the business district. [...]

A contractor will install approx. 1,082 ft. of 16-inch, and 46 ft. of 8-inch water lines along Kawaihae Road; and approx. 1,061 ft. of 16-inch, 739 ft. of 12-inch, and 29 ft. of 8-inch water lines on South Kohala Distribution Road. Transmission mains will provide water from the new 1.0 million gallon water reservoir (currently [...]

Here are a couple of details regarding the Lindsey Road Bridge repairs: Schedule: mid August to mid September 2011. Hours of work/road closures: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm, weekdays The $465,000 contract was awarded to Global Specialty Contractors Inc. The Federal Highway Administration is financing 80% of the cost and the County of Hawai‘i will pay [...]

“Real Property Tax 101” A discussion of how Hawai’i County’s real property tax (RPT) system works, including assessment methodology, protocols (assessment, appeal period, billings, payment due dates, penalties, interest, etc.), how RPT rates are set by the County Council and how it is the primary funding source for county services – will top Waimea Community [...]

Repairs to Lindsey Road Bridge in Waimea will begin the week of June 13. Two lanes, one in each direction will remain open at all times. The project entails installing four additional reinforced concrete beams in a section under the bridge that is over 70 years old. The weekday work schedule is 8:30 A.M. to 3:30 [...]

At 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, after a blesssing by Kahu Dean Kauka, Mayor Billy Kenoi and Brandi Beaudet untied the maile lei, opening Waimea’s newest road, Ala ‘Ohia, which connects Mamalahoa Highway, near the rodeo grounds, and Pukalani Road. Also present from County government were Planning Director Bobby Jean Leithead Todd, Parks and Recreation Director Bob [...]

Frustrated by the County of Hawaii’s lack of response to several requests for documents over the past two years, the South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee filed a formal request on July 14 for those documents.

On July 29, the South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee filed this letter of complaint with the State’s Office of Information Practices after the Hawaii County Department of Public Works failed to respond to a request for documents relating to traffic improvements in Waimea. On July 13, the committee moved to send this formal request for documents [...]

Under the provisions of the Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act, on July 14 the South Kohala Traffic Safety Committee filed a formal request  with the County of Hawaii for documents related to traffic in Waimea. SKTSC has been frustrated by the County of Hawaii’s lack of response to several requests over the past two years for [...]