Gov: Disaster Proclamation for Rain-soaked Kauai Highway

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Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed a disaster proclamation Friday authorizing the state Department of Transportation to begin emergency highway repair work on Kuhio Highway near Kilauea town on Kauai in response to a partial collapse of a 15-foot-diameter culvert running beneath the highway.

Press release:

Heavy rains over the past two weekends have caused erosion to the soil foundation on the ocean-side of Kuhio Highway near Mile Post 22.5, a thousand feet east of the Pili Road intersection. 

According to the state DOT, an average of 12,000 vehicles passes through the area daily. The disaster proclamation for Kuhio Highway can be viewed here. 

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