State TOD Planning Grants
Since 2016, OPSD has received CIP appropriations from the State Legislature for State TOD CIP planning grants to State and County agencies. The TOD planning grants are used for plans, feasibility and cost studies, and coordination of TOD projects, TOD public infrastructure requirements, and related environmental review documents for TOD projects in the State TOD Strategic Plan. The awards are intended to:
- Facilitate project alignment with shared TOD goals and objectives;
- Foster State-County consultation, coordination, and collaboration on TOD projects; and
- Catalyze TOD projects that require interagency collaboration, facility co-location, or require new approaches to creating vibrant, transit-centered TOD communities with affordable housing, job and business opportunities, multi-modal transportation choices, and access to goods and services within walking and wheeling distance to transit hubs.
State and County CIP Planning Grant Recipients (February 2024)
TOD CIP Funds Awarded
Līhuʻe Town TOD Multifamily Housing Feasibility Study Area
The TOD CIP Planning Funds are awarded to State and county agencies to advance TOD Projects statewide. The objective is to accelerate implementation and delivery of affordable housing, mixed-used development, transit and multi-mobility facilities. Since 2016, $9 million in funds have been appropriated by the State Legislature to OPSD for TOD Planning Grants. Fifteen State and county agencies have been awarded planning funds for 23 projects statewide.
During September’s TOD Council meeting, the following projects were announced as this year’s recipients.
- City and County of Honolulu; Kūwili Station TOD Redevelopment Area Master Planning; $700,00
The master planning efforts advances planning for the catalytic transformation of lands around the Kūwili Station into a vibrant, walkable, mixed-use community that provides affordable housing and economic opportunities with ready access to rail, in alignment with City TOD plans and State TOD objectives for the area. - County of Kauaʻi; Līhuʻe Town TOD Multifamily Housing Feasibility Study; $300,000
The feasibility study advances planning and development of higher-density multifamily housing and mixed-use
Project presentation slides are available at (starting at 31 minutes and 47 seconds) with the inclusion of the two projects into the State TOD Strategic Plan: https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/lud/20240920TODMtg/GMT20240920-193415_Recording_3840x2160.mp4
The funding for the grant was approved in 2023. OPSD is very thankful of the Governor and State Legislature’s efforts to support TOD CIP Planning Funds to advance TOD statewide.