HB2425 Summary

• Requires the City and County of Honolulu to implement flood mitigation at the intersection of East Manoa Road and Oahu Avenue in Manoa Valley, which has flooded for over 60 years during heavy rains.

• Directs the city to consider a solution involving underground water storage locations to temporarily hold excessive floodwaters until drainage areas are clear, then pump the water out to drainage areas.

• Declares the flood mitigation project qualifies as a capital improvement project eligible for grant-in-aid funding under Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 214.

• Appropriates state general revenue funds to the City and County of Honolulu as a grant-in-aid for the flood mitigation project in fiscal year 2022-2023 (amount left blank in bill).

• Takes effect on July 1, 2022.