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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a Notice to Proceed to Goodfellow Bros., Inc. for the Queen Kaahumanu Highway Widening Phase 2 Project in Kailua-Kona. This road widening project is aimed at relieving congestion in the heavily trafficked corridor between Kailua-Kona and the Kona International Airport. Approximately 22,800 vehicles utilizes the […]

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Straighter, safe path 200 feet above valley floor; $38 million cost mostly picked up by feds

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MEDIA RELEASE The Governor’s Council of Neighbor Island Advisors for West Hawaii will meets 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 28 at the county Liquor Commission Conference Room, 75-5722 Hanama Place, Suite 1107, Kailua-Kona. Brennon Morioka, director of the state Department of Transportation, will give an update and presentation on public infrastructure projects by the department’s three […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced the Mamalahoa Kona Heritage Corridor, Hawaii’s first state scenic byway, has received a $29,140 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, achieving the first in a series of steps required to be designated as a National Scenic Byway. The Kona Heritage Corridor […]

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Federal Highways Administration, state Department of Transportation approve Mid-Level Road using $35 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; bids go out in January

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MEDIA RELEASE Federal stimulus money has been hitting its targets, paying for new projects and creating jobs in Hawaii, according to state transportation officials.  Nine projects worth $63 million have benefitted from the funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Among them are projects that call for resurfacing a highway of […]

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  MEDIA RELEASE The state, together with the four counties, will receive $246 million in federal stimulus funds to improve transportation infrastructure, which will add more than 3,000 jobs.   “We are the first state to finalize our project list and begin utilizing the federal stimulus funds,” said Brennon Morioka, director of the state Department […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kawaihae Local Resource Council is scheduled to meet 2-4 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 25 at the Hamakua Macadamia Nut Factory.  Guest speakers will be Brennon Morioka, director of the state Department of Transportation and Mike Formby, deputy director of the Department of Transportation, Harbors.   Topics of discussion will be Kawaihae Harbor renovation and […]

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