Updated at 1:41 p.m., Tuesday, July 31, 2007
DLNR to hold meeting on Makaua Stream restoration
Advertiser Staff
Department of Land and Natural Resources officials will hold an informational meeting next week regarding the proposed restoration project in Makaua Stream in Ka'a'awa.Makaua was one of the streams on Windward O'ahu that was heavily damaged by the March 2006 rain storms.
The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Ka'a'awa Elementary School cafeteria, 51-296 Kamehameha Highway. Impacted residents adjacent to the stream are encouraged to attend.
"We are fortunate that federal funds have become available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service's (NRCS) Emergency Watershed Protection Program. The state will partner with NRCS in this project that will remove debris and restore portions of the stream impacted by last year's storm," Laura H. Thielen, DLNR interim chairwoman, said in a news release issued today.
Federal funds will pay for 75 percent of construction costs, with the state paying the remaining 25 percent.
The project, currently in the planning stage, is scheduled to begin construction next summer.
