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WINDWARD
Park plan open to comments
The Waimanalo District Park master plan, which includes repairs to play fields, the gym, multipurpose building and comfort station, is open to public comment.
The consultant, Kimura International, Inc., is preparing an environmental assessment for the plan.
The city is proposing the repair work as near-term improvements to the 26-acre park .
The master plan also calls for construction of a 5,000-square-foot multisport building and a 1,760-square-foot pavilion.
Address comments, due by Sept. 22, to City Department of Design and Construction, 650 S. King St., Honolulu, HI 96813. Send copies to Kimura International Inc., 1600 Kapi'olani Blvd., Suite 1610, Honolulu, HI 96814 and to the Office of Environmental Quality Control, 235 S. Beretania St., Suite 702, Honolulu, HI 96813.
Call Gary Doi at 527-6699 or Glenn Kimura at 944-8848.
EAST HONOLULU
Kaimuki High invites parents
Kaimuki High School will hold a parent information meeting for children entering grades nine to 12 at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the school's auditorium.
Parents will be told about the school's plans in academics and activities for the year. For more information, call 733-4900.
Wai'alae panel calls meeting
The Wai'alae Kahala Neighborhood Board capital improvement committee will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at Wesley United Methodist Church.
Prioritizing and brainstorming ideas for projects in the community needing financing will be discussed.
For more information call 527-5578.
CENTRAL
HECO to offer pipeline plan
Hawaiian Electric Co. will give a presentation to the Pearl City community Thursday on its plans to build a $27 million, 13-mile-long underground pipeline to carry oil from Campbell Industrial Park to its Waiau Power Plant. The presentation will be made at the Pearl City Neighborhood Board meeting, which begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Pearl City Public Library.
The pipeline would be HECO's third and would give the utility a dedicated line to each of its three power plants. The company already has pipelines from Campbell Industrial Park to its Kahe Power Plant and from Iwilei to its downtown power plant. The new pipeline also would be the longest and most expensive, though HECO said it would not cause electricity rates to rise.
Construction is expected to begin in 2003 and take between six and eight months to complete. However, it will be in any given neighborhood for only three to six weeks.
Hawaiian Electric burns low-sulfur residual fuel oil in boilers to make steam to turn generators that produce electricity.
Traffic signal to be blessed
Castle & Cooke Homes Hawai'i will hold a blessing ceremony for a new traffic signal at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the intersection of Meheula Parkway and Lehiwa Drive in Mililani Mauka.
The busy intersection is near Mililani Middle School, and student council members as well as area representatives and company officials will attend the event.
