JUDICIARY BREAKS GROUND ON KAPOLEI FAMILY COURT

July 17- The Hawai`i Judiciary announced the start of construction on the long-awaited Kapolei family court complex, expected to serve more than 4,000 people weekly and bring about 350 jobs to the area.

Lt. Governor Aiona, a former family-court judge, attended the ground breaking for the project, whose completion is set for 2010.

"This project for the people in the West O`ahu region is very positive in terms of the jobs it will create and the court services it will offer them," said Lt. Governor Aiona, who is a Kapolei resident.

The Judiciary has been planning a new courthouse for the Family Court of the 1st Judicial Circuit for the past 15 years. Features of the project include more than 123,000-square-feet of space and the only juvenile detention facility in the state, housing more than 66 juveniles.