Members of the public are invited to a meeting today to learn about efforts to remove unexploded military ordnance from the former Waikoloa Maneuver Area.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a Restoration Advisory Board meeting today from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Waikoloa Village Association Community Room to discuss matters relating to the former 185,000-acre military site.
The meeting is “intended to involve the local community in the decision-making progress for the area,” according to a Corps of Engineers spokesperson.
Among the matters to be discussed at the meeting will be the ongoing ordnance scanning project around Waimea, where the Corps has been searching for unexploded munitions and other debris left behind from World War II-era live-fire exercises.
Back in April, a Corps of Engineers program manager said the project was scanning about 4,480 acres around Waimea and had not detected any munitions of concern after nine months, but added that some digging was required for further investigations. That manager also estimated that the fieldwork in Waimea would be finished by the end of the year.
Today’s meeting can be attended in person or virtually at wmarab.com.