{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-hawaii-to-receive-22-million-to-improve-honoapiilani-highway-on-maui-protect-it-from-sea-level-rise", "Schatz: Hawai\u2018i To Receive $22 Million To Improve Honoapiilani Highway On Maui, Protect It From Sea Level Rise", "2021-11-16", "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 Hawai\u02bbi Department of Transportation (HDOT) will receive $22 million in new federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to support a realignment of the Honoapiilani Highway in West Maui and protect it from sea level rise.\n\n\u201cThis new federal funding will keep Honoapiilani Highway safe and functional by responding to coastal erosion caused by climate change and help local families get where they need to go in West Maui,\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 road and bridges and make them more resilient to climate change.\u201d\n\nSchatz\u2019s office worked closely with HDOT throughout the grant application process to ensure the state submitted a strong, competitive application. The DOT funding, which comes from a Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant, will be used to realign 4.5 miles of Honoapiilani Highway from Ukumehame to Launiupoko. This realignment will connect to the previously constructed Lahaina Bypass, addressing the second priority location on the statewide report for coastal highway protection. HDOT will work closely with Maui County and the Hawai\u2018i Department of Land and Natural Resources, which owns most of the land that the realignment will be constructed on.\n\nThe project will also receive federal funding from the new bipartisan infrastructure law.\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/schatz-hawaii-to-receive-22-million-to-improve-honoapiilani-highway-on-maui-protect-it-from-sea-level-rise"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1591280344873667, "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"}