HAWAII ISLAND – Along with the long list of Capital Improvement Projects, lawmakers were also able to secure $5.4 million in Grants-In-Aid CIP for Big Island nonprofit organizations.
Big Island legislators have compiled a list of all the projects that will benefit under the state budget passed by the Legislature this session.
Hawaii Island representatives say they have secured more than $331 million in Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funding for the biennium of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 for various projects across Hawaii County.
Here is the list:
• $89 million for extending the Daniel K. Inouye Highway
• $54.7 million for Hawaii Belt Road improvements
• $40 million for Keaau-Pahoa Road improvements
• $20.8 million for Mamalahoa Highway road and bridge improvements
• $19.3 million for Hilo International Airport improvements
• $14.8 million for Kona International Airport improvements
• $13.2 million for Hawaii Community Correctional Center for medium security housing
• $13 million to replace 4 mile Creek Bridge $8 million for Kawaihae Road improvements
• $4.5 million for Hilo Counseling Center and Keawe Health Center Improvements
• $4.4 million for Hilo High School track & field, auditorium and locker room improvements
• $3.6 million for Kealakehe High School track, performing arts center and gym design and improvements
• $3 million for air conditioning improvements at the University of Hawaii at Hilo
• $3 million for Akoni Pule Highway realignment and widening
• $2.5 million for Waiakeawaena Elementary School cafeteria and administrative buildings
• $2.5 million for Keaukaha Military Reservation maintenance shop projects
• $2 million for Hilo Medical Center Telehealth unit
• $2 million for Hawaiian Home Lands lot development in Kaumana and Kau
• $1.5 million for Honokaa High School for covered walkways
• $1.2 million for Naalehu Elementary School covered walkways
• $1.1 million for paving and drainage improvements at Kawaihae Small Boat Harbor
• $1 million for Upolu Airport improvements
• $1 million for Kohala High School gymnasium
• $850,000 for West Hawaii Veteran’s Center plan, design and construction of a veteran’s center
• $700,000 for Hawaii Community College trades and apprenticeship program and physics lab classroom
• $700,000 for Kohala Middle School dual use play court/assembly area
• Hawaii lawmakers were also able to secure $5.4 million in Grants-In-Aid CIP for Big Island nonprofit organizations.
• $925,000 for West Hawaii Community Health Center to build a health care facility
• $800,000 for Waimea Nui Community Development Corp. to build a community agricultural park
• $800,000 for Hamakua Health Center to build a new health center
• $698,000 for Island of Hawaii YMCA repairs to the Hilo YMCA
• $605,000 for Pacific Well Drilling and Pump Services for equipment
• $500,000 for HCEOC (buses for seniors that also serve Puna)
• $500,000 for Kailapa Community Association to build a resource center
• $500,000 for Laiopua 2020 to build a community center
• $200,000 for Hawaii Island Community Development Corp. to build a new adult day care center
• $150,000 for Going Home Hawaii (a Big Island grass roots reintegration program to prevent recidivism)
• $130,000 for Friends of Palace Theater air conditioning system
• $130,000 for Hawaiian Reforestation Program Foundation
• $118,874 for Malama O Puna
• $100,000 for Aloha Performing Arts Company for Aloha Theatre renovations
• $100,000 for Habitat for Humanity West Hawaii to build affordable housing for low-income families in West Hawaii
• $91,000 for Arts & Sciences Center fire alarm system
• $50,000 for Big Island Mediation (includes East Hawaii’s Kuikahi)