Today, Governor Josh Green, M.D., Maui Mayor Richard Bissen, FEMA Region 9 Administrator Bob Fenton, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Recovery Field Office Commander Col. Eric Swenson convened at Wahikuli Park for a ground blessing ceremony, marking the start of a critical sewer line installation at the Kilohana Temporary Group Housing site in Lahaina. This project will provide much-needed shelter for survivors of the August 2023 Maui wildfires.
DESCRIPTION: STRINGER: Kilohana Sewer Main Ground Blessing in Lahaina
00;00;06;13 Pu Kani-Signal to Start Roman Corpuz, DawsonSite Sup
00;00:21;02 Oli Aloha-Opening Chant, Kumu Pueo Pata
00;00;54;13 Heahea & Pule Derek Kekaulike Mar, DAWSON Cultural Advisor
00;01;28;13 Governor...
The County of Maui, the State of Hawaiâi, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its contractor, Dawson, LLC, celebrated the start of construction for a 169-unit temporary housing site in Lahaina, HawaiÊ»i, with a ground blessing ceremony Saturday, May 4.