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Traffic on Piilani Highway passes in front of the Kihei high school site in November where state officials want to build a roundabout. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
A state Department of Transportation official said the roundabout project proposed for Kihei high school can be completed by June 2022, just in time for the school’s target opening for the 2022-23 school year.
Design for the roundabout is currently ongoing and expected to be completed in May with construction able to begin in June, said Ed Sniffen, the department’s deputy director for highways.
It will be built at the intersection of Kulanihakoi Street and the four-lane Piilani Highway and will be the first two-lane roundabout in the state, DOT officials confirmed. (A story published on Dec. 12 incorrectly described the size of proposed roundabout).