An Envision Laie project, the meandering path is nearly a mile and a half long and sits about 15 feet from the highway. The 8-foot wide path runs between the Kahuku and Kahawainui bridges, and includes a section off the highway that runs south near the Cackle Fresh store and connects into Laie community via Wahinepee Street.

The project is a collaborative effort between landowner and primary sponsor, Hawaii Reserves, Inc. (HRI), the Laie Community Association (LCA), the Kahuku Community Association (KCA), Operating Engineers Local Union 3, and community residents and local businesses. 

After a short program, long-time Laie resident Dale Hammond dedicated the path with a blessing. Following the blessing elementary and college students sang and participated in Hawaiian chant, along with a local hula halau and Cy Bridges, who finished the oli. The crowd then cheered as kupuna untied the maile lei to officially open the bike and pedestrian path.

Kupuna and keiki at the maile lei untying

For more on the dedication, please see the Kaleo:Koolauloa story (http://kaleo.info). For more photos of the event, please take a look at the dedication photo album on Envision Laie's Facebook page.