Kaiminani Drive work on schedule

KAILUA-KONA — Drive slowly and be patient is the advice given by county inspector Joon So on the ongoing construction and paving on Kaiminani Drive, a major mauka-makai connector road just south of Kona International Airport.

Workers from Grace Pacific have been laying a 6-inch asphalt treated base in sections up the road. A 2-inch asphalt-concrete surface will be added in five to six months. So also added that 150 driveways need to be poured as well as light pole and utility replacement work.

Work began in September 2014 and is expected to be complete by September 2016. So said 75 to 80 percent of the work is complete and the project is running on schedule.