Kauai’s old sugar mills will be gone by year’s end

By Rosemarie Bernardo

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 28, 2012

~~<p>Question: Whatever happened to the historic Lihue Sugar Mill and Kekaha Sugar Mill on Kauai that are slated to be demolished?</p>
<p>Answer: Contractors are almost done with asbestos-removal work at the Lihue mill. Lynn McCrory, president of PAHIO Development Inc., which owns both mills, said asbestos work is about 98 percent complete. Boilers ridden with the toxic material have yet to cleared.</p>
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Question: Whatever happened to the historic Lihue Sugar Mill and Kekaha Sugar Mill on Kauai that are slated to be demolished?

Answer: Contractors are almost done with asbestos-removal work at the Lihue mill. Lynn McCrory, president of PAHIO Development Inc., which owns both mills, said asbestos work is about 98 percent complete. Boilers ridden with the toxic material have yet to cleared. Login for more...