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South Hilo bridge work to begin Sept. 15

Kaiwiki Homestead Road and Bridge (Photo courtesy County of Hawaii)

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The county Department of Public Works is scheduled to replace wooden planks, stringers and resurface 50 feet of roadway on upper Kaiwiki Homestead Bridge in South Hilo.

Bridge repairs will be conducted weekdays between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from Wednesday, Sept. 15 to Monday, Oct. 4.

Pedestrians, however, may use the bridge between noon and 1 p.m. The bridge will reopen to all vehicles and pedestrians after 3:30 p.m. and remain open weekends and holidays.

Jas W. Glover, Ltd., contractor for the $152,000 project, began work Sept. 13. Completion is scheduled by the third week of October, weather permitting.

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