Updated at 7:22 a.m., Friday, December 21, 2007
$8M released for Kauai Community College project
Advertiser Staff
HONOLULU — Gov. Linda Lingle has released $7,971,000 in construction funds for the second and final phase of the One-Stop Center at Kaua'i Community College.Phase I of the center is under construction and will include space for student services, the University Center and business operations. Phase II will be adjacent to Phase I and will provide a permanent facility for classrooms for the Office of Continuing Education and Training and the campus bookstore.
The Office of Continuing Education and Training manages all noncredit training courses, international programs, the apprenticeship training program and the performing arts center.
Presently, OCET operates out of portable buildings and borrowed classrooms and does not have space to grow. During the 2006-2007 academic year, OCET enrolled more than 1,700 students in 156 different classes.
In May 2007, Lingle released $700,000 for the design of Phase II and $430,000 for the construction of a second access road from Kaumuali'i Access Road to KCC to relieve traffic on the current access road shared with Island School. The second access road is on schedule to be completed in January 2008.
Construction of Phase I of the One-Stop Center is scheduled to be completed in May 2008. Construction of Phase II is scheduled to begin in April 2008 and be completed in June 2009.
