New safe room, community center in Hawaii on pace to open in 2027

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The town of Hauula is building a massive community center and safe room that’s designed to protect up to 1,500 people through a category five hurricane if necessary.

HAUULA (Island News) — A new option remains “in the works” to help keep local residents safe during severe weather conditions.

The town of Hauula is building a massive community center and safe room that’s designed to protect up to 1,500 people through a category five hurricane if necessary.

It’ll be located beyond the extreme tsunami zone on a hilltop near the intersection of Homestead and Kamehameha Highway on Oahu’s North Shore.

Hui O Hauula already has the final environmental assessment completed.

Meanwhile, the planning team is going for a long term lease on the land from the state and applying for permits this summer.

Hui O Hauula Executive Director Dotty Kelly-Paddock stated, “This will be thirty thousand square feet, it will …