Kapolei, Hawaii
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| Country | United States |
| State | Hawaii |
| County | Honolulu |
| Time zone | UTC-10 (Hawaii-Aleutian (HAST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-9 (HADT) |
Kapolei is an unincorporated community in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States on the island of Oahu. Kapolei is a second urban center for Oahu, second to Honolulu.[1] Popularly called the Second City of Kapolei, it is not a legal municipal corporation and thus not properly a city. Kapolei sits on former sugarcane and pineapple fields.
The community takes its name from a volcanic cone, Puʻu o Kapolei. In the Hawaiian language, puʻu means hill and Kapo lei means beloved Kapo. According to legend, Kapo was sister to Pele.
Much of the land is part of the estate of industrialist James Campbell. Kapolei's major developer is Kapolei Property Development, a subsidiary of James Campbell Company[2].
Kapolei Hale is the civic center built by the City and County of Honolulu and includes an office of the Mayor of Honolulu and offices of various government agencies.
Description
Kapolei is becoming the second urban center for Oahu (after Honolulu), Hawaii's most densely populated island. Much of Oahu's future population growth is slated for—the ʻEwa Plain and southern slopes of the island's central valley, between Waipahu on Pearl Harbor and Wahiawa near the island's center.
Initial residential construction began in the late 1980s, with commercial developments shortly after. Despite ongoing efforts at self-sufficiency, it remains largely a bedroom community.
Kapolei is home to a public library, post office and schools, including Kapolei High School. A private school (pre-K through 12) opened in 2004. Construction of Kapolei Courthouse began in July 2007.
The U.S. postal code for Kapolei is 96707. In 2002, Pacific Business News reported that 96707 had the second highest median income on the island of Oahu, at $62,303. Sterlings's Best Places reports Kapolei median income of $70,129 compared to the national average of $42,350. Nearly one household in five has income exceeding $100,000. Kapolei has a home ownership rate of 70%.
Transportation
Ongoing road construction has not resolved continuing traffic problems. A Manawai Street-Kama‘aha Avenue extension was completed in August 2006 and helped to reduce congestion along Kamokila Boulevard and Farrington Highway. Kapolei Property Development began construction in January 2007 on a $2 million road to extend Kamokila Boulevard from Kapolei Parkway to Roosevelt Avenue. Kapolei Property Development recently contributed $6 million for a joint project with the State Department of Transportation for an additional freeway on-ramp.
Although state and city governments and some of Hawaii's largest companies have significant workplaces in Kapolei, population growth has far out-paced local job creation. A majority of Kapolei adults work in Honolulu, congesting the main traffic artery, Interstate H-1. In December 2006, Honolulu City Council approved a fixed-guideway transit system to downtown Honolulu. In January 2007, Oahu residents began paying for the system with a 0.5 percent increase in the general excise tax.
Associated with Kapolei are the previously developed communities of Makakilo and Barbers Point Naval Air Station (now Kalaeloa), the industrial area known as Campbell Industrial Park (industrial area of Oahu) and its deepwater port, Barbers Point Harbor, and the resort community of Ko Olina (formerly West Beach).
Weather
- Average high temperature in August, 92°F (33°C)
- Average low temperature in August, 62°F (16°C)
- Average high temperature in January, 80°F (27°C)
- Average low temperature in January, 61°F (16°C)
- Average rainfall in January, 4.1" (104.1 mm)
- Average rainfall in August, 0.4" (10.2 mm)
Future structures
- In October 2007, Disney announced the development of the Aulani resort at the Ko Olina Resort & Marina, scheduled for completion in fall 2011.
- University of Hawaii-West Oahu, currently based in Pearl City, plans to move to a new campus in Kapolei in fall 2011.
Main roads
Kapolei is located at the southern end of the slopes of the Waiʻanae mountain near the town of Makakilo. It is located on the ʻEwa Plain approximately 25 miles from Honolulu. The Interstate H-1 freeway divides more recently developed Kapolei from Makakilo, and traveling eastward on H-1 connects to Waipahu. In the other direction, the freeway ends about 1 mile west of Kapolei, merging into Farrington Highway (State Rte. 93) to Kahe and then Nānākuli on the Wai'anae Coast. Traveling eastward on Farrington Highway connects to Honouliuli. Exit 1 on H-1 is Kalaeloa Boulevard, the entrance to Barbers Point and Campbell Industrial Park. Less than 1 mile beyond (west of) the merge of H-1 and Farrington Highway is an off ramp and overcrossing to the West Oahu resort area of Ko Olina.
To the south, Renton Road connects Kapolei to Kalaeloa and, further east, to 'Ewa Villages.
Government and infrastructure
The Honolulu Police Department operates the Kapolei Substation.[3]
Education
Hawaii Department of Education operates Hawaiian public schools.
Elementary schools with Kapolei addresses include Barbers Point, Kapolei, Makakilo, and Mauka Lani. Kapolei Middle School and Kapolei High School have Kapolei addresses.
Notes
- ^ "Kapolei Skyscraper Page" (Commercial website). Skyscraper Source Media. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "About Us" (Commercial website). Kapolei Property Development. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Contacting HPD." Honolulu Police Department. Retrieved on May 19, 2010.
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