Department of Hawaiian Home Lands

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 12, 2021

Kekaha Survey Work Scheduled

(Kekaha, Kaua‘i) – The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), through its contractor Hawaii Engineering Group, Inc., is scheduled to conduct final surveying at the Kekaha Burial Site near the County of Kaua‘i’s Kekaha Hawaiian Cemetery in anticipation of fence repair work in the area.

Surveyors will conduct drone and on-the-ground observation on May 13, 2021 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Residents in the area should anticipate drone activity in the airspace above the site, along with contractors on the ground during the scheduled work period.

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]