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Safety is behind a new pedestrian overpass that spans mauka to makai, over Ala Moana Boulevard, connecting Kakaʻako to the entrance to Ala Moana Beach Park and Kewalo Basin.
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A blessing ceremony took place Thursday to mark the official opening of the Ala Moana Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge.
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The Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority wants $1 million for community planning sessions and an infrastructure assessment of Kakaʻako Makai. That includes evaluating residential, hotel and manufacturing development in the area.
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State senators nixed a controversial measure that would have allowed the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to build high-rise housing along the waterfront area of Kakaʻako, also called Kakaʻako Makai.
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A bill aiming to lift a state law banning residential development at the waterfront area of Kakaʻako on Oʻahu cleared its first hurdle in the state Legislature. This is part of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ effort to develop its Kakaʻako Makai Project.
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HPR talked to OHA Board Chair Kai Kahele about the department's top priority of getting the green light to develop its lands on the makai side of Ala Moana. The former U.S. representative was recently elected as OHA's Hawaiʻi Island trustee.
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The City Center Guideway and Stations contract, which also includes six rail stations, has been awarded to the California-based Tutor Perini Corporation, one of the biggest construction companies in the country.
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Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs voted unanimously Thursday to reject a proposal by House Speaker Scott Saiki. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke with OHA Chair Carmen Hulu Lindsey about why.
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs rejected House Speaker Scott Saiki’s offer to drop the plans for residential towers in Kakaʻako in exchange for a deal worth more than $190 million. This comes after a bill that would have brought OHA a step closer to developing housing died during the legislative session. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has more.
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There's an offer on the table for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustees to bring resolution to the dilemma of whether to allow residential development makai of Ala Moana Boulevard, an area known as Kakaʻako Makai. The proposal would pay OHA $100 million for an easement over their nine parcels of land to restrict residential development and preserve the area's open spaces.