Turns out that Halawa-to-Pearl-City development moratorium we told you about on Tuesday is more than a sign of things to come — it has real impacts right now.

Hawaii News Now took the story and ran with it, and reports tonight that the proposed redevelopment of the old Kam Drive-In, with 200,000 square feet of commercial space and 1,800 condo units, has been halted and might not be able to proceed for six years, according to Environmental Services Director Tim Steinberger.

The solution, Steinberger told Hawaii News Now, is to install a new force main (large transmission pipe) from the Waipahu pump station, across military property at West Loch, then under the loch to Geiger Road.

“It’s expensive. It’s probably going to end up costing in the neighborhood of $60 million,” Steinberger said. And he said the work is not expected to be finished until 2018 at the earliest.

When asked “How big of a snafu is this?” City Councilman Breene Harimoto answered, “Probably as big as it can get.”

Watch and read the HNN story here: Sewer hook-up moratorium threatens major projects, home construction

(Photo from Hawaii News Now)