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Posted: Thursday, October 4th, 2012 9:14 AM HST

Ground broken for Lalamilo subdivision Phase 2

By Ken Hupp - 67AM KPUA News

Ground was broken Wednesday for what will become the future home for 83 Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries and their families in the second phase of the Lalamilo subdivision in Waimea. Phase 2A, Increment 1 of Lalamilo is located on 34.7 acres of land along the South Kohala Distribution Road, approximately two miles makai of the Waimea town center. The residential lots will be offered to applicants dating back as far as 1965. Total infrastructure cost for this second phase of the Lalamilo subdivision is $11.3 million. Construction will begin in November, and is expected to be complete by November 2013, with home construction to follow. Phase I of the Lālāmilo subdivision was completed in June 2011, and is currently home to 28 native Hawaiian ‘ohana.