Posted on: Friday, May 6, 2005
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Night sewer work starts at 8 in East Honolulu
Advertiser Staff
NIU VALLEY — Work crews are starting two hours earlier each night on the emergency bypass sewer line for the next several months.
Crews are starting at 8 p.m. every night now instead of 10, a nightly start time that the contractor had asked for initially. The work on the emergency bypass line began last week and allows the city to prepare for the installation of a permanent replacement for the underground force main that ruptured three times in February because of corrosion.
The bypass line will run above ground along the median from the Niu Valley wastewater pumping station, by the Niu Valley Shopping Center, under Kalaniana'ole Highway to an existing sewer line at Pu'uikena Drive and Hawai'i Loa Ridge. Sewage will be diverted from the pump station to the bypass line, allowing for a replacement line to be built. Installation of a permanent replacement pipe will take three years.
Trail system topic tomorrow
Planning continues for a Ko'olau greenbelt and heritage trail system at a meeting from noon to 2 p.m. tomorrow at Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden.
A community advisory board for the Na Pali Ko'olau/Ko'olau Greenbelt & Heritage Trials System Project will discuss comments submitted on the project's draft plan.
A report will be forwarded to Wil Chee Planning & Environmental Inc., which is guiding the planning process.
The meeting is open to the public, but those planning to attend are asked to call 247-6366 or 223-5535 or e-mail info@waa-hawaii.org by noon today to ensure that adequate food and material are available. The Waimanalo Neighborhood Board will try a new location for its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday: the Hawai'i Army National Guard Training Center at Bellows Air Force Station.
Opening the center to public use was part of an agreement with the community when the building was planned, said Wilson Ho, Waimanalo board chairman. The facility was dedicated in 2002.
Col. John Penebacker, commander of the center, has made the 200-seat, air-conditioned auditorium available, Ho said.
"This is really a great opportunity for us to address larger crowds or to hold town meetings," he said.
Entrance to the building will be through the gate off Akebono Road next to the Jack in the Box Restaurant. There will be no security check and the gate will be opened from 7 to 10 p.m., Ho said.
School will get bigger cafeteria
The governor's office has released $205,990 to design and provide consulting services to expand the cafeteria at Pearl Ridge Elementary School.
The Department of Education wants to expand the dining area to accommodate the entire student body in one lunch seating or at school assemblies.
The school has more than 600 students, exceeding the capacity of the cafeteria, according to state officials. School lunches are prepared at 'Aiea Intermediate and then driven to Pearl Ridge Elementary. The school then serves lunch from the kitchen in two seatings. "Expanding the cafeteria will provide the school with a gathering place, where children and faculty can all come together to enjoy their lunch break and attend school assemblies," said Gov. Linda Lingle.
The project will cost $950,000 and is expected to be completed by December 2007.
St. Patrick School celebrates today
St. Patrick School will celebrate May Day today with a program beginning at 9 a.m. Each class, kindergarten through eighth grade, will have a student representative in the May Day court, and every class will do a hula or Hawaiian song.
The event is open to the public. The school is at 1124 7th Ave. in Kaimuki.
UH flood control money released
HILO, Hawai'i — The state released $380,000 to design and build drainage improvements at the University of Hawai'i-Hilo to solve flooding problems on the campus.
The work will include drainage improvements at eight sites that are prone to flooding. Total cost of the project is $429,000, with $49,000 already set aside for the work.
Construction is to be completed by next February.
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