(BIVN) – Hawai‘i is receiving nearly $81.4 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation for public infrastructure impacted by the Kona low storms earlier this year.
The federal funding will cover costs of repairs to roads, bridges, and other structures that were flooded and damaged.
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) announced the funding on Thursday.
“This new federal funding will help repair storm-damaged roads and structures as recovery from this year’s historic flooding continues,” said Senator Schatz, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. “We’re going to keep working to deliver federal resources so that affected communities can get back on their feet.”
In addition to this funding, Senator Schatz says the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation also received $2.3 million from the Federal Highway Administration’s Emergency Relief Program to repair bridges on Kaua‘i damaged by flooding in 2020.
