House Budget Supports Kauai CIPs and School R&M

Kauai Representatives Hermina Morita, James Tokioka and Roland Sagum

The State Budget Bill, HB200, HD1, passed the House of Representatives this week at the midway point of the 2009 legislative session. Kauai Representatives announced today that the House Draft includes over $56.5 million for Kauai Capital Improvement Projects, and over $3.8 million for school repair and maintenance planned for next fiscal year. The bill has crossed over to the Senate for further amendments. The House and Senate will hammer out differences between House and Senate drafts of the budget toward the end of the session. At this time, the bill includes:

Kauai Capital Improvement Projects

FY2010

Kuhio Highway, Route 560, Hanalei Hill $7,000,000
Wailua Emergency Bypass Road $950,000
Kaumualii Highway, Omao Bridge Rehab $550,000
Kaumualii Highway, Lihue to West of Maluhia Rd $36,500,000
Kuhio Highway, Lumahai and Wainiha $1,215,000
Kuhio Highway Intersection KCCC/Wailua Golf Course $3,500,000
Kauai Veterans Cemetery Upgrade $94,000
Port Allen Small Boat Harbor $300,000
Port Allen Small Boat Harbor $550,000
Waimea Canyon School Waterline $2,500,000
Port Allen Harbor Comfort Station $500,000
Waimea Canyon Dr/Kokee Rd $600,000
State Highway Guardrail/Shoulder Improvements $1,000,000
Traffic Operational Improvements $1,200,000
Lihue Airport Noise Monitoring System $100,000
TOTAL $56,559,000

FY2011

Kaumualii Highway, Omao Bridge Rehab $7,500,000
Kuhio Highway, Lumahai and Wainiha $5,000,000
Kauai Veterans Cemetery Upgrade $939,000
Port Allen Harbor Comfort Station $3,000,000
Traffic Operational Improvements $1,200,000
Lihue Airport Noise Monitoring System $746,000
TOTAL $18,385,000

HB200, HD1 also includes over $600 million in statewide projects for FY2010 and over $583 million for FY2011, of which Kauai will benefit although specific breakdowns have not yet been finalized. Planned Repair and Maintenance for Kauai Schools for FY2010 total $3,818,000.

Rep. James Kunane Tokioka, District 15, and Rep. Roland Sagum, District 16, serve on the House Finance Committee, which produced the House draft of the budget bill. Together, and working with Rep. Hermina Morita, District 14, they advocated for the inclusion of the above Kauai projects into the bill. Rep. Tokioka and Rep. Sagum, as Finance committee members, will sit as conferees when the House and Senate work out the final budget bill at the end of the legislative session.