$200,000 released to fix
Haleiwa Boat Harbor

Gov. Linda Lingle has released $200,000 to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources for the planning and design of improvements to Haleiwa Boat Harbor.

The funds will primarily go to improving the harbor's deteriorating concrete piers, slips, docks and utilities in a $1.2 million project, of which $465,000 has already been appropriated. The project is expected to be completed by 2007.

"Harbors provide a vital link to one of our state's greatest resources, the ocean," Lingle said. "Unfortunately, too many of our state's recreational boat harbors have been neglected over the years."

Department Director Peter Young said the Haleiwa harbor was built in the 1970s.

"It is time to improve and replace these aged facilities," Young said.