Media Release: GROUND BREAKING FOR KAWAIHAE SMALL BOAT HARBOR (SOUTH) IMPROVEMENTS, PHASE 1

Posted on Jun 6, 2013 in Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Media Release

NEIL ABERCROMBIE
GOVERNOR
WILLIAM J. AILA JR,
CHAIRPERSON

For Immediate Meida Release June 6, 2013

 

GROUND BREAKING FOR KAWAIHAE SMALL BOAT HARBOR
(SOUTH) IMPROVEMENTS, PHASE 1

WHEN: Friday, June 7, 2013, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Kawaihae Small Boat Harbor (South) in Kawaihae, Hawaii (see attached map)

WHO:

Welcome

  • William J. Aila, Jr., DLNR Chairperson

Remarks

  • Senator Malama Solomon and Representative Cindy Evans
  •  William Wilson, President, Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company

Acknowledgements

  •  Edward Underwood, Administrator, DLNR Div. of Boating and Ocean Recreation

Facility Blessing

  •  Keoni Atkinson

 

WHAT:
The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation invites boaters and the public to attend a ground breaking ceremony on Friday, June 7, for the Kawaihae Small Boat Harbor (South) Improvements Phase 1 project at the Kawaihae Small Boat Harbor (South).

The Kawaihae Small Boat Harbor (South) was dredged in the 1970s, and the breakwater was built in the 1990s and has remained relatively unused since. This project will develop the Kawaihae South Small Boat Harbor to include an ADA accessible 435-foot long floating dock, finger pier, moorings, water system, vehicle and trailer parking, a comfort station, and boat wash down area.

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For more information, news media may contact:

Deborah Ward
DLNR Public Information Specialist
Phone: (808) 587-0320