{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/hawaii-to-receive-15-million-to-improve-waianuenue-avenue-bridge-in-hilo-protect-it-from-flooding-natural-disasters", "Hawai\u2018i To Receive $1.5 Million To Improve Waianuenue Avenue Bridge In Hilo, Protect It From Flooding, Natural Disasters", "2021-11-29", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "Senate", "HI", "Brian Schatz", "S001194", "www.schatz.senate.gov", "schatz", "https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2018i) today announced that the State of Hawai\u2018i will receive $1.5 million in new federal funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to modernize the Waianuenue Avenue Bridge and protect it from flooding and earthquakes.\n\n\u201cThis new federal funding will modernize the Waianuenue Avenue Bridge, making it safer for local families to use and get where they need to go,\u201d said Senator Schatz, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing. \u201cIn addition to this funding, Hawai\u2018i is set to receive at least $2.8 billion from the new bipartisan infrastructure law to strengthen roads and bridges across the state.\u201d\n\nThe modernized bridge will be designed to withstand earthquake forces and erosive forces of flood waters as established by current national standards. The $1.5 million grant is being funded through FEMA\u2019s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which provides funding to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments so they can rebuild in a way that reduces, or mitigates, future disaster losses in their communities.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/hawaii-to-receive-15-million-to-improve-waianuenue-avenue-bridge-in-hilo-protect-it-from-flooding-natural-disasters"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.091499976813793, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}