A year behind schedule, the state is set to tackle the issue of drifting beach sand at the Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor in Kekaha. The upcoming project, initially slated to begin last summer, involves relocating 80,000 cubic yards of beach
A year behind schedule, the state is set to tackle the issue of drifting beach sand at the Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor in Kekaha.
The upcoming project, initially slated to begin last summer, involves relocating 80,000 cubic yards of beach sand from the east end of Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor to the west side.
The $1.1 million contract was awarded to the H.E. Johnson Company on Jan. 24, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Ken Johnson, senior project manager at H.E. Johnson Company, said the company recently received a notice to proceed from the state and plans to get underway soon.
“We’ll start any day now and will be done before September,” he said.
The DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation will hold a public information meeting tonight to discuss its upcoming sand bypass system and repair projects.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Waimea Neighborhood Center. Representatives of H.E. Johnson will be on hand to answer questions.
In 2009, the Kikiaola harbor federal project was completed, which included reconstructing the east breakwater to make it higher and wider, removing the existing spur at the tip of the breakwater, reconstructing the outer portion of the west breakwater and dredging a new 700-foot-long entrance and access channel, according to DLNR.
The two-year federal project cost $25 million.
The following year, the state completed projects to dredge the inner harbor and replace the wooden marginal pier at a cost of $1.73 million.
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