Updated at 8:21 a.m., Friday, September 7, 2007
$19M contract awarded for Kauai boat harbor work
Advertiser Staff
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye said today he is pleased that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a nearly $19 million contract to a Kapolei firm, Kiewit Pacific Co., to complete improvements to Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor on Kaua'i. The total project cost could exceed $22 million if contract options totaling more than $3.7 million are exercised by the state for local project features.Inouye was instrumental in securing $15 million in March 2007 to cover the federal share of the Kikiaola Harbor project.
"The people of Kauai' have waited a long time for the harbor improvements," said Inouye, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. "They were keenly aware that the improvements will strengthen harbor safety by eliminating dangerous conditions within the entrance channel, and will permit the safe passage of vessels entering the basin."
Kikiaola Harbor is on the southwest coast of Kaua'i, between the towns of Kekaha and Waimea. The harbor improvements will consist of dredging an entrance and access channels, and modifying existing breakwaters to ensure greater navigational safety.
