Road & Highway Builders LLC of Reno Nevada is working on reconstructing the m.m 11-19 segment on the Hilo side. This phase should be completed by November 2011.
The design of last Hilo segment between m.m 6-11 is 70% finished. This last East Hawaii phase could go out to bid by the fall of 2010 if funding can be secured. It will be both a reconstruction and a realignment project. M.M 6- m.m 8 will be re-aligned around Country Club Estates and m.m 8-11 will be reconstructed.
The last Kona side phase between m.m 41 and Mamalahoa Highway will bypass the existing roadway at Seven Steps (below the Kilohana Girl Scout Camp). The CFLHD/HDOT is doing a supplemental EIS due to the U.S Army’s request that the alignment be changed. (The U.S Army bought 30,000 acres of former Parker Ranch land for Stryker training in 2006). The current preferred alignment W-7
The last Kona segment is estimated to cost 58 million dollars, will be about 10.3 miles long, and end at m.m 14 on Mamalahoa highway (four miles south of the Waikoloa Junction). The funding for this phase has also not been secured yet. However, Sen. Inouye wants to see the entire Saddle Road improved before he leaves office.
Meanwhile, Hawaii County is going to be resurfacing the existing Saddle Road between m.m 44-48 during the first quarter of 2010. In addition, the county is trying to secure federal funding to resurface Saddle Road between m.m 48 and Mamalahoa Highway.
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