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WINDWARD O'AHU
Marines plan running trail
Marine Corps Base Hawai'i wants to build a recreational running trail around the perimeter of the Nu'upia Pond Wildlife Management Area on the base.
The approximately 2-mile trail would be open during the day and would be for the on-base population and their escorted guests.
Documents addressing this issue are available at Kailua, Kane'ohe and University of Hawai'i libraries, the state Office of Environmental Quality Control or through: Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Base Hawai'i, Box 63062, MCBH Kane'ohe Bay, HI 96863-3062.
Sewage project proposal filed
A draft environmental assessment has been filed with the Office of Environmental Quality Control regarding the proposed La'ie Wastewater Collection System Expansion, Phase II, a $13.5 million project.
Comments on the project are due Sept. 23.
The proposal says the expansion will improve the system and benefit the environment by collecting and treating sewage effluent to a reusable quality.
The city and Hawai'i Reserves Inc. project calls for installing collector mains, laterals and individual grinder pumps for 742 private residents.
Construction is scheduled to begin in April 2003 and finish in October 2004.
Send comments to consultant R.M. Towill Corp., 420 Waiakamilo Road, No. 411, Honolulu, HI 96817, attn: Leighton Lum.
LEEWARD O'AHU
Sign wavers to caution drivers
Area residents will sign-wave in Kapolei and 'Ewa this week as part of an effort to slow down drivers.
Drivers will be asked to follow the area speed limit from 6:30 to 7:45 a.m. tomorrow along Kamaaha Avenue near the Kapolei Community Park comfort station, and 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday in West Loch Fairways along 'A'awa Drive.
The event is being organized by Honolulu police and City Councilman John DeSoto.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Horse arena opens on Maui
After more than eight years in the making, Maui has a new place to ride.
The Tom Morrow Equestrian Center opened Saturday at 4th Marine Division Park in Ha'iku.
The center is named after Maui County Councilman Tom Morrow, who was one of five people killed in a 1996 airplane crash on Moloka'i.
Sharon Freitas, who was engaged to Morrow at the time of the crash, said he had dreamed of building a community arena since the 1980s, because he knew how hard it was to find a place to ride.
Getting money for the project required a concerted campaign of years of appeals to the council and two mayors. Donors also chipped in, with Alexander & Baldwin Inc. providing the land, the arena sand and money to cover some expenses.
