KAUAʻI COUNTY RECEIVES $89.1 MILLION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

Funds earmarked for schools, parks and recreation, infrastructure

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – The House of Representatives adjourned its 2019 session last week and passed $89.1 million in Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funding for fiscal year 2020 and 2021 for various projects across Kauaʻi County.

Capital Improvement Projects are renovations, repairs, and major maintenance to existing facilities, landscape improvements, new construction, land acquisition, and utility modifications.

CIP funding highlights for Kauaʻi County include:

SCHOOLS

• $3 million total for Kapaʻa High School, which includes parking lot, driveway, gymnasium, and site improvements
• $2,050,000 for Kekaha Elementary School to include repair, maintenance, and renovation to buildings and facilities
• $325,000 to repair and resurface Kilauea Elementary School's outdoor playcourt

HOSPITALS

• $8.748 million to the Kauaʻi Region of the Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation for improvements, renovations, and equipment
• $1.4 million for Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital to renovate the CT scan room

PARKS AND RECREATION

• $800,000 for Russian Fort Elizabeth State Historical Park for comfort station, service road, and pathway repairs
• $500,000 for planning and design of a 50-acre sports complex in Anahola

WATER SYSTEMS AND IRRIGATION

• $2 million for Kauaʻi Irrigation Systems to increase irrigation system capacity
• $12.24 million total for the Kalāheo-Lāwaʻi-ʻŌmaʻo Water System for improvements, provided the county provides matching funds equaling 20 percent of the state funds
• $3.12 million total for the Kīlauea Water System for chlorination facilities and other improvements, provided the county provides matching funds equaling 20 percent of the state funds
• $1.44 million total for the Waimea-Kekaha Water System for the Paua Valley Tank improvements and renovations, provided the county provides matching funds equaling 20 percent of the state funds

AIRPORTS AND HARBORS

• $23 million total for Līhuʻe Airport improvements
• $15 million total for Nāwiliwili Harbor improvements
• $4 million total for Port Allen Harbor improvements

ROADS AND BRIDGES

• $900,000 for Christian Crossing Bridge repairs
• $2 million to widen Kuhio Highway near 3-4684 Kuhio Highway, and other improvements to increase traffic safety
• $2.2 million for Kuhio Highway slope stabilization at Lumahaʻi Hillside
• $100,000 for Waimea Canyon Drive/Kokeʻe Road improvements from mile post 0 to mile post 14

To see HB 1259 SD1 CD1 relating to Capital Improvement Projects statewide, click here.

Contact Information:

Representative Dee Morikawa (Niʻihau, Lehua, Kōloa, Waimea) 808 586-6280; repmorikawa@capitol.hawaii.gov

Representative Nadine K. Nakamura (Hanalei, Princeville, Kīlauea, Anahola, Kapaʻa, Wailua) 808 586-8435; repnakamura@capitol.hawaii.gov

Representative James Kunane Tokioka (Wailua Homesteads, Hanamaulu, Līhu‘e, Puhi, Old Kōloa Town, ʻŌmaʻo) 808 586-6270; reptokioka@capitol.hawaii.gov