Throughout his 45-minute 2023 State of the County address Monday, attended by dignitaries including Hawai‘i County Council Chairwoman Heather Kimball and several Council members, Kaua‘i County Mayor Derek Kawakami, representatives of Maui County and Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green, Hawai‘i Mayor Mitch Roth touched on several issues and topics, including affordable housing, homelessness, infrastructure, public transportation, economic development and public safety, among others.
The Public Utilities Commission put pressure on Hawaiian Electric and Hawaiian Telcom years ago to take stock of who owned what in an inventory of some 120,000 poles. The Conversation asked for an update from HECO.
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