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MEDIA RELEASE County Department of Environmental Management (DEM) crews successfully repaired a leaking wastewater pipe early Saturday beneath the ground at Hilo International Airport.   The repair avoided release of untreated wastewater into the ocean that would have caused the closure of beaches in Keaukaha. The leak was discovered a week ago on state-owned land […]

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Wastewater was discovered bubbling to the surface on Saturday at the airport where a 24-inch main, which carries untreated wastewater to the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant, is buried about four feet below ground level.

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii will receive $7,959,367 to pay for freeway improvements, runway and signage upgrades at Hilo International Airport and a statewide airport layout study, Sens. Daniel K. Inouye and Daniel K. Akaka have announced. The money is provided through three grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The projects are being administered by the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hilo International Airport will receive $2,850,161 to upgrade passenger loading bridges that are nearly 20 years old, according to Hawaii’s congressional leaders. The money comes through a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. It will be used to replace four existing passenger loading bridges – or jetways – that are 18 years old […]

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MEDIA RELEASE State Department of Transportation (DOT) officials broke ground this month on a new Hold Cargo and Light Industrial Building at Hilo International Airport. The 60,000 square-foot, steel-framed cargo building will be used to accommodate the delivery and transport of goods into Hilo. Also included in this project will be the construction of a […]

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Karin Stanton/Hawaii247 Contributing Editor Sen. Daniel Inouye has detailed federal monies coming Hawaii’s way in several media releases over the last few days. Inouye, the Senate Appropriations Committee chairman, made the announcements after the full Senate approved $60,550,000 in funding for various transportation, housing and urban development initiatives in Hawaii. The bill must now face […]

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