More than a month after halting work on a controversial telescope on Mauna Kea, Gov. David Ige announced Tuesday that construction on the Thirty Meter Telescope will proceed.
Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Tuesday announced that construction of a controversial giant telescope on the summit of the Big Island's Mauna Kea has a right to proceed and that the state plans to support the project.
Ige's announcement follows an April 7 declaration to halt work on the Thirty Meter Telescope, which had become a point of contention, leading to the arrests of dozens of people protesting construction on a site Hawaiians consider sacred.
The governor did not say when construction of the $1.4 -billion telescope will resume. While building on the summit ceased for the past month, parts of the telescope have continued to be constructed elsewhere, including in India, China, and California, the Associated Press reported.
The governor said on Tuesday that after meeting with representatives from all sides over the past month, he supports the telescope project, as well as the rights of protesters to demonstrate.
Construction on the telescope, Ige added, can continue even as a challenge to the project works its way through the court system.
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