Landscaping and Maintenance Work in Laʻi ʻŌpua

Posted on Sep 23, 2021 in Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Public Notice, Slider

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

September 23, 2021 

Landscaping and Maintenance Work in Laʻi ʻŌpua

(Kealakehe, Hawaiʻi Island) – The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), through its contractor Agro Resources, Inc., is scheduled to conduct landscaping and ground maintenance on the mauka side of the Laʻi ʻŌpua Village 3 subdivision in Kealakehe, Hawaiʻi Island. 

The maintenance work will run through Friday, October 1, 2021, and will include the clearing of overgrown brush and the installation of a 20-foot firebreak.

DHHL vendors aren’t authorized to deploy Roundup or any herbicides containing Isopropyl amine salt of glyphosate within homestead communities and the Department does not permit spraying if winds are steadily over five miles per hour.

Residents should expect crews to be working in the area Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, call (808) 620-9500.  

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About the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands:
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands carries out Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole’s vision of rehabilitating native Hawaiians by returning them to the land. Established by U.S. Congress in 1921, with the passage of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, the Hawaiian homesteading program run by DHHL includes management of over 200,000 acres of land statewide with the specific purpose of developing and delivering homesteading.

Media Contact:
Cedric Duarte
Information and Community Relations Officer
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
(808) 620-9591
[email protected]