Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 40, Number 8, 1 August 2023 — DHHL Breaks Ground on Ka'uluokaha'i Increment II-C [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DHHL Breaks Ground on Ka'uluokaha'i Increment II-C

V 'O KA NUHOU 'AINA HO'OPULAPULA V ^ HOMESTEAD NEWS *

Byūiamond Badajos ( r I 1 he Department I of Hawaiian M. Home Lands \ (DHHL) conducted a groundbreaking cer- < emony on July 10 to

mark the start of eonstruction at Ka'uluokaha'i Increment II-C in East Kapolei. On-site infrastructure for Increment II-C will be constructed by Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, Ine. and will consist of 127 single-family residential lots across 23.9 acres. Eaeh lot will be a minimum of 5,000 square feet. "1his dedication ceremony is not just about roads, pipes and structures; it is about creating pathways for dreams, building homes for families and fortifying the foundation of our eommunity," said Hawaiian Homes Commission Chair Kali Watson. "It is also about transforming what onee was an idea and vision into a reality. A plaee where the roots of our beautiful culture ean grow deeper, and our people ean prosper."

The project is set to eome in at just over $29 million. A combined $22.7 million was appropriated by the legislature through SLH 2019, Act 40 and SLH 2020, Act 6. The Hawaiian Home Lands Trust funded the remaining $6.28 million. Ka'uluokaha'i is a master-planned community being developed on a 404acre parcel located on the 'Ewa Plains, ma uka of the 'Ewa Villages Golf Course and east of Kualaka'i Parkway. Within the community, approximately 1,000 single-family house lots will be developed by DHHL. Increment II-C is slated for eompletion in January 2025 with families to move in later that year. Formally referred to as East Kapolei II, the project's name, Ka'uluokaha'i, tells the story of Kaha'i, a Tahitian chief who brought the first 'ulu tree to O'ahu from Samoa. Kualaka'i, the name of the north-south road, is a modification of Ka'uluokaha'i, the name of a fishing village at Nimitz Beach. ■ Diamond Badajos is the information and community relations officer for the Department ofHawaiian Home Lands.

Left to right: Sen. Mike Gabbard (Senate District 21), Rep. Diamond Garcia (House District 42), Gerry Majkut (Howaiion Dredging Construction Compony President), Choir Kali Wotson, Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke, Patty Kahonomaku-Teruya (Hawaiian Hames Commissioner), Mike Kamoko (Bowers+Kubota Consulting), Kohu Kordell Kekoo - Couttesy Photo