Kamehameha Highway fronting Heeia Kea Small Boat Harbor will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and Thursday for the filming of a Universal Studios movie, “Ancient Futures,” the next installment of the “Jurassic World” franchise.
The road will also be closed during the same hours on June 28 and 29, according to the Honolulu Film Office and Department of Transportation Services.
Residents on the Kahaluu side of the harbor will have access to their homes via Kahekili Highway.
Kamehameha Highway traffic will be detoured onto a recently improved section of Kahekili Highway.
Honolulu police will be on hand to direct traffic on both thoroughfares.
TheBus and emergency vehicles will be allowed through the closed area but bus stops near the harbor will be moved.
Aulani gives $20K to voyaging society
Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, has donated $20,000 to the Polynesian Voyaging Society to allow West Oahu students and their families to mark the end of the Hokule‘a’s worldwide voyage.
Disney’s donation allowed approximately 75 students and their families to attend the Malama Honua Fair & Summit Saturday through Monday. The donation covered all costs for the students and families to attend the events, including tuition, transportation and meals.
E Ala Voyaging Academy, Malama Learning Center, Kawaihona PCS, Waianae High School, Waianae Intermediate School, Nanakuli Elementary Hawaiian Immersion Program, Kapolei High School, Kamaile Academy, Nanakuli High School, and Nanakuli Elementary benefited from the funding.
Hawaii island
Expect live-fire noise from Pohakuloa Training Area
About 2,700 soldiers are taking part in maneuvers at Pohakuloa Training Area.
The training is part of normal exercises at the U.S. Army facility in the saddle between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, West Hawaii Today reports.
Installation spokesman Eric Hamilton said the troops represent 16 units, some from as far away as Ohio.
Mortar live-fire, helicopter gunnery, artillery live-fire and mounted live-fire training is slated through the end of the month. Next month, helicopter gunnery training is slated for July 5-11; mortar live-fire training July 7-Aug. 6; unmanned aerial vehicle operations July 17-31; and artillery live-fire exercises July 31-Aug. 5.
The schedules, subject to change, are meant to give the public a general idea of when things will get noisy.
Lanai
Lanai company seeks OK for $75M Koele resort renovation
Lanai Resorts LLC, which does business as Pulama Lana‘i, wants approval for a $75 million project to refurbish the 25-acre Lodge at Koele.
The application is currently before the Lanai Planning Commission, which will accept comments until July 5, the Maui News reports.
The Lodge, a Four Seasons resort, opened in 1990. Earlier this year, the Four Seasons announced it would redo the lodge with a spa and wellness concept.
The Lodge has been closed since January 2015, when its 102-room hotel was used as housing for construction workers renovating the Four Seasons hotel at Manele Bay. That $75 million project was finished early last year.
Work included the renovation of rooms, suites, lobbies, spas and restaurants.
A project overview says the number of guest rooms would be reduced from 102 to 94. Construction is tentatively set to start in December and be completed a year later.
