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Aloha,
I hope you and your family are well. Here are a couple of things
I'd like to share with you:
Key Transportation Projects Moving Forward
I'm very pleased that many key transportation projects are moving
forward. This year the Legislature appropriated $55 million
for the North-South Road. As many of you know, the North-South
Road has been a dream for over 30 years. Recently, I had the
opportunity to drive out to the site between Ewa and Kapolei
and saw with my own eyes that the construction is underway.
Even better, I went up in a small plane and got a great aerial
view. The North-South Road will be a six-lane divided road from
Kapolei Parkway to the H-1 Freeway. The entire project is scheduled
for completion at the end of 2009. Once this road is open, traffic
will be reduced on Fort Barrette Road and Fort Weaver Road in
Ewa.
We also appropriated $20.2 million for the widening of Fort
Barrette Road this session. The road will be widened from 2-lanes
to 4-lanes with construction scheduled for 2009. This project
will greatly improve the traffic between Kapolei and Kalaeloa.
Honoring 4th Grade Students of IPA
I was pleased to present an honorary certificate to Island Pacific
Academy fourth grade students and teachers Luann Sackrider and
Lisa Fabro for their outstandingly successful Malama Ka Aina
project and for winning the top prize in the nationwide Disney
Adventure’s All-Star Contest on June 4th. The IPA students
won the Disney award by collecting over 6,000 recyclable cans
and bottles and raising $300, which they donated to Malama Popoki,
an organization dedicated to the trap-neuter-return-manage program
for feral cats. Additionally, the students found time to volunteer
at Waimea Audubon Park with weeding, composting, mulching, and
clearing streams. Disney awarded the students $10,000, with
half going to IPA and the other half divided between Malama
Popoki and the Waimea Audubon Park.
Listen-Story
My next listen-story will be co-hosted with Rep. Karen Awana
(Nanakuli, Ko Olina, Honokai Hale) and will be held at the Kamokila
Community Park meeting room on Saturday, July 14th at 9am. This
will be my first listen-story held in the Honokai Hale/Ko Olina
communities. Please come. If you can't, call or email your concerns.
If I can help you in any way, please call 586-6830 or email
me at sengabbard@capitol.hawaii.gov.
Mahalo for the privilege of serving you! |
