Construction by Hilo-based Ivan Mochida Contracting Inc. will begin March 26 and is anticipated to be completed by July, Bishop said.
BY CAROLYN LUCAS-ZENK | WEST HAWAII TODAY
Waimea Transfer Station will get a garage by this summer to replace the tent used for HI-5 redemption, which is “inadequate” in the high winds often experienced in the area, said Hunter Bishop, deputy director of the county Department of Environmental Management.
This is the only improvement scheduled to occur at the facility, said Bishop, as well as Hawaii County Managing Director Bill Takaba and Solid Waste Division employees.
Earlier this week, West Hawaii Today received reports that the county constructed rock walls and installed new signs.
“We are not aware of any new rock walls or signs added at the Waimea Transfer Station on the behalf of the county,” Takaba said.
Both Takaba and Bishop said there’s an area below the facility that belongs to Hawaiian Home Lands with new construction, which readers may have mistaken as associated with the county.
The 60-foot by 20-foot sturdy steel garage with no plumbing or electrical will be built within the existing parking lot. It is expected to cost approximately $115,117, of which $100,000 is capital improvement project funding and the remaining will derive from the department’s operational budget, Bishop said.
“The pre-engineered metal building shall be completed with metal roofing, siding, two garage doors along with a chain link fence enclosure between the two doors and will be erected on a concrete slab with a reinforced thicken edge,” according to the bid.
Construction by Hilo-based Ivan Mochida Contracting Inc. will begin March 26 and is anticipated to be completed by July, Bishop said.