NOTICE OF CONSULTATION
SECTION 106 OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT OF 1966
AS AMENDED (2006)
KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY, ROCKFALL PROTECTION
AT WAIMEA BAY, PHASE 2 (SUNSET BEACH SIDE), RTE 83, MP 5.66-5.93
PUPUKEA AHUPUAA, KOOLAULOA MOKU,
OAHU ISLAND
FEDERAL-AID PROJECT NUMBER: NH-083-1(090)
TAX MAP KEY: (1) 5-9-005:021
Notice is hereby given that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and State of Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) propose a rockfall protection project. This federally federal funded HDOT project is considered a federal action and undertaking, as defined by Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended (2006).
The proposed project is located at Waimea Bay, Oahu Island, Hawaii. The Area of Potential Effect (APE) is located in existing roadway right-of-way along Kamehameha Highway between mile posts 5 and 6. The APE includes approximately 1,300 linear feet of Kamehameha Highway roadway right-of-way, with a maximum width of 70 feet. The APE includes all area that would be used for construction of the fence, staging, and traffic control.
The project will replace the existing 1,000 feet long rockfall impact fence along the Kamehameha Highway Mauka shoulder. Micropile fence foundations would be 5 inches in diameter and 20 feet deep. Tieback anchors for the new fence would have a maximum embedment of 20-feet, in up to 4-inch diameter bore holes. Some minor excavation, less than 2-feet in depth, within the existing roadway basecourse may be required.
Pursuant to Section 106 of the NHPA, Native Hawaiian Organizations and Native Hawaiian descendants with ancestral, lineal or cultural ties to, cultural and historical property knowledge of and/or concerns for, and cultural or religious attachment to the proposed project area are requested to contact HDOT. Other individuals and organizations with demonstrated legal, economic or historic preservation interest in the undertaking are asked to contact HDOT and share information you may have on historical and cultural sites that you may have knowledge of within the proposed APE. We welcome any information within 30 days of notice.
Interested participants are requested to contact Mung Fa Chung via email at mungfa.chung@hawaii.gov, or by U.S. Postal Service to Department of Transportation, 2530 Likelike Highway, Honolulu, Hawaii 96819.
Please respond by May 18, 2024.
(SA1451903 4/18/24)
