03-03-2025, 07:59 PM
(02-28-2025, 05:28 PM)HiloJulie Wrote: The "winning" just continues!
Fire prevention project halted in Waikōloa Village by Trump Administration : Big Island Now
"..Yuhnke said cutting the trees would be only a temporary fire mitigation solution. The goal is for Hawaiian Electric to put the lines underground.
“We think this area is a prime candidate for that treatment so the lines are no longer capable of snapping in the wind,” he said.
Chalker agreed; however, he was informed that the cost to bury the lines would be about $11 million per mile..."
Wow! I don't see that happening anytime soon.