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Posted: Monday, October 1st, 2012 9:16 AM HST

Ka`iminani Drive improvement project begins this week

By Ken Hupp - 67AM KPUA News

A $10 million improvement project on Ka`iminani Drive in North Kona is scheduled to begin this week below the intersection at Māmalahoa Highway (Route 190) and stretching for approximately one mile ending near Ahiahi Street. Improvements will focus on roadway reconstruction and drainage upgrades including six-foot wide shoulders, drainage structures and swales, and driveway tie-ins on Ka`iminani to prevent a “drop-off” between the reconstructed pavement and the existing driveways, retaining walls, utility adjustment and relocation, mailbox and newspaper box relocation, road resurfacing, signs and re-striping. Traffic management plans will be in place between the construction hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. No weekends, holidays and nighttime work is scheduled at this time. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is funding 80 percent of the $10 million project which was awared to contractor James W. Glover, Ltd. Construction is expected to take a year.