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The Water Environment Federation (WEF) Stormwater Institute recently announced the winners of its 2021 National Municipal Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Awards, among whom was the Department of Facility Maintenance (DFM) Storm Water Quality (SWQ) Division. This prestigious award recognizes stormwater management programs with the best efforts to protect local health and safety, detect and eliminate environmental hazards, and build community support. The City and County of Honolulu’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer... Read More

The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Kauai motorists that Friday, Oct. 15 at 5:30 p.m. will mark the completion of the emergency construction phase for Kuhio Highway (Route 560) at mile marker 1 (“Hanalei Hill”). At the end of the construction workday on Oct. 15 Kuhio Highway at Hanalei Hill will be open to two-way traffic. Since March landslide response and emergency work has included the installation of over 500... Read More

The City is making our urban core greener! In the continued effort to revitalize the Downtown/Chinatown area, the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation’s Division of Urban Forestry will be planting 44 street trees over the next several days. The planting of Tulipwood, White Tecoma, Geometry, and Silver Trumpet trees will stretch from the end of ‘A‘ala Place to Alakea Street, with the first plantings beginning today in the River and... Read More

October is Safe Sleep and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month, and the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) just launched a media campaign to educate parents and caregivers on how to keep infants safe while sleeping. SIDS is the sudden, unexplained death of a baby younger than 1 year old, which usually occurs during sleep. “Every year in Hawaiʻi, an average of 14 babies die due to unsafe sleep... Read More

Four City agencies were presented with American Planning Association, Hawai‘i Chapter’s 2021 Chapter Awards at the 2021 Hawai‘i Congress of Planning Officials Conference on Oct. 7. The annual awards recognize individuals, communities, private organizations, public agencies, and professional planning and design firms whose work exemplifies the planning profession’s highest goals and ideals. Award nominations were reviewed by a jury of professional planners from the APA Hawai‘i Chapter. “We are very proud... Read More

The Hawai‘i Department of Health is encouraging the public to provide their feedback on a proposed remediation plan to address the lead found in soil near Kolekole Stream Bridge and within Kolekole Beach Park in Honomu on Hawai‘i Island. Kolekole Beach Park has not been open to the public for the past four years. The Hawai‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation closed public access to the Kolekole Beach Park on... Read More