WASHINGTON, D.C. -- United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye is pleased to announce that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $19,720,261 in grants to the State of Hawaii for various airport infrastructure improvements. The funding includes:

Lihue Airport	$10,372,968
This funding will be used to complete construction of a general aviation apron and construct a taxiway.
Kona International Airport at Keahole	$4,590,000
This grant is for the construction of an apron that will provide needed ramp space for scheduled and itinerant aircraft and to alleviate the constrained apron space when international, domestic and interisland flights arrive and/or depart during peak hours.
Kona International Airport at Keahole	$3,057,116
This money will fund Phase I of a wastewater treatment facility. Due to major expansion of the airport facilities, wastewater flow is expected to increase significantly. The new plant will service the anticipated increase in effluent. Upon completion of this new facility, work will commence on the new overseas terminal, which is proposed for the site of the existing wastewater treatment plant.
Kahului Airport	$1,555,489
This grant will be used to extend the runway to meet the operational demands of the airport. Limited runway length imposes takeoff weight restrictions on departing overseas flights. This project is to be completed in three phases.
Pavement Maintenance Management Program, Phase I	$144,688
This funding will be used to incorporate existing runway, taxiway, and apron data on the general aviation airports in the State of Hawaii into the database of Micropaver, the State's Pavement Management System software. This System will reduce maintenance and rehabilitation costs for pavement by developing pavement deterioration models, maintenance and repair alternatives, and program policies which will apply cost effective repair solutions.