Bill provides $34M for Hawai'i projects
By Dennis Camire
Advertiser Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Hawai'i will receive $34 million for agriculture, flood control in Manoa Valley and other projects in a spending measure sent to President Bush yesterday.
About $1.15 million would be used for flood prevention in Manoa Valley, and $3 million would go to offset the replacement cost of destruction caused at the University of Hawai'i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources by the 2004 flood.
"When combined with other funding measures and grants, the federal government is poised to allocate as much as $27.9 million in storm relief for the university and Manoa Valley," said Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, D-Hawai'i, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
About $3.6 million is included to continue building the U.S. Pacific Basin Agriculture Resource Center's laboratory at UH-Hilo.
The $100 billion spending measure, which the Senate approved 81-18, provides money this year for agriculture, rural development and Food and Drug Administration programs.
Other Hawai'i projects include:
The remainder would go for a variety of programs ranging from the promotion of agriculture development in the American Pacific to recruiting women and minorities for technology-related careers.
