Infrastructure & Land Use
Accomplishments
(1st Term)
Several significant milestones were achieved, including:
- Completed the award-winning West Kauaʻi Community Plan and secured its approval by the County Council.
- Repaved 126 “lane miles” (or 63 “road miles”) of county roads since 2018.
- Acquired 400 acres in Waimea (“Waimea 400”) and completed community led plan for its development.
- Acquired electric vehicles and buses for county operations.
LOOKING FORWARD
(2nd Term)
Expanding and completing investments in County infrastructure and performing overdue “deferred maintenance,” including a total of an additional 282 “lane miles (141 “road miles”) to be resurfaced:
- Hanapēpē Bridge repairs.
- Kawaihau, Maʻilihuna, and Haua‘ala Road.
- Kīpū and Kōloa Bridge repairs.
- Moi Road sidewalks.
- Repaving of Olohena, Kukui and ʻUlu roads.
- Safe Routes to School projects at Kōloa and King Kaumuali’i schools.
- Repairing and upgrading waste water systems that are long overdue.
- Launch the Climate Adaptation Plan
- Introduce form-based code legislation for plantation camp style development
- Continue Island-wide road reconstruction, resurfacing and repair of smaller bridges such as Anahola Bridge, Yasutake Bridge (Kamalu Road) and ʻĀkulikuli Bridge #2 on Kahuna Road.
