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�� <br /> .1.#4:2;i87 ''''WWil Okabe <br /> J'41 ,17anag!ng Director <br /> Harry Kim <br /> Mayor ��'•i <br /> _ Barbara J. Kossow <br /> o.,M�,�' Deputy Managing Director <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> Office of the Mayor <br /> 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 <br /> KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy, Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 <br /> (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 <br /> February 4, 2019 <br /> Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair <br /> COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION <br /> Hawaii State Legislature <br /> Dear Chair Inouye and Committee members: <br /> RE: SB 1298, RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION <br /> (Highway 132, Kapoho Road) <br /> Thank you for hearing SB 1298, and thank you also to Senator Ruderman, and <br /> all the Big Island Senators, for keeping the focus on disaster recovery for lower Puna. <br /> We appreciate all your hard work, and look forward to whatever assistance the State <br /> can provide as we move forward. <br /> To bring you up to date on Kapoho Road specifically, please know that Highway <br /> 132 has been identified as a #1 Priority. Planning is already underway. We are now <br /> waiting for the six-month period of lava cessation to lapse, after which we can file our <br /> formal application for construction. We fully expect that the Federal Government will <br /> pick up the cost of rebuilding Highway 132. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> H6ajrryij. Thim <br /> Mayor <br /> County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />