Infrastructure

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is urging homestead customers of Sandwich Isles Communications to immediately switch phone and internet service providers.

The pounding rains due to last week's Kona low system put eyes on the Wahiawā dam, but was there any concern for the Ala Wai Canal? The Conversation checked on the Ala Wai Flood Risk Management project.

Government policies and societal habits surrounding cars are the subject of the book "Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World." Author Henry Grabar is the featured guest in the University of Hawaiʻi’s Better Tomorrow Speaker Series.

Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the funding, which is meant to prevent exposure to lead in drinking water. The money comes from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Hawaiʻi's internet connectivity currently relies on three main undersea cables — two are nearing the end of their operational lifespans. The new cables, funded by Google, will connect Hawaiʻi to Japan, the continental United States, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.

Of the 19 trainsets already delivered, 12 are fully tested and have been turned over to the Honolulu Department of Transportation Services.

The 10 red-light cameras currently installed in urban Honolulu have issued over 900 citations. The chosen intersections, such as King Street and Ward Avenue, have a history of high crash rates.

Speaking to The Conversation after his State of the County address, Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth stressed the need to repair wastewater and recreational facilities before they become a bigger problem for future generations.

We discuss how a clean fuel standard could help Hawaiʻi reduce carbon emissions in transportation; the Honolulu EMS director talks about the recent increase of fentanyl and drug use on Oʻahu; Hawaiian Dredging discusses the Pearl Harbor dry dock modernization project; and a British historian highlights the contributions of Hawaiʻi women during World War II

A new report by the Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice argues that the state would be better off without jaywalking laws.