Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company provided this status update regarding their Kealakehe Parkway baseyard.
“By the end of next week, we hope to have all of the equipment demobbed from the site, with the possible exception of the smaller track mounted crusher and the loader. The track mounted crusher will be used to crush the final debris pile to make that material less expensive to dispose.
All of the crushing will be completed by November 4th. We would then demob the crusher and leave only the loader onsite.
I did reconfirm with Hawaiian Cement their desire to purchase all of the crushed material. Schedule delays on the project that the material has been slated for is what has prevented the movement of the material. However, we have set January 31, 2012 as the deadline for us to completely move out of the area.
In the meanwhile, we intend to lower the height of the stockpiled material to lessen its visibility.”
The groundbreaking and dedication of the latest Saddle Road phases (between m.m 11 and m.m 19 and m.m 42 and Mamalahoa Highway happened today. Dan Meisenzahl, Chief of Communications for the HDOT, e-mailed me a copy of the DOT director’s dedication speech.
The CFLHD/HDOT spent 157 million on the six phases of the Saddle Road improvement project thus far. The first part of the last Kona side phase is slated to cost 33.7 million dollars, so that total will rise up to 190.7 million dollars by the time Kirkland is finished in June 2013. This is way less than 250 million dollars, which this press release states.
Related item: Saddle Road work advances
Judge Ibarra entered his final judgement in O’oma Beachside Village’s lawsuit against the State LUC on October 13th, 2011. OBV can appeal this ruling if they decide to. I hope the developer cuts his losses and sells this property to an entity who won’t develop the makai portion.
Hokuli’a isn’t the only dead in the water luxury development in Hawaii. Kukui’ula on Kauai is also struggling to find its niche in the current tough economic climate.
Lastly, I’m very sad to see one of Mayor Kenoi’s executive assistants, Kevin Dayton, leave. I’ve crossed path with him on several occasions here, here, and here. He was a valuable asset to Mayor Kenoi’s administration and will be missed.
