Ua hoʻolaha ka US Department of Transportation (DOT) i kēia lā i kahi Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) e noi ai no $292.7 miliona ma ke kālā hāʻawi ʻokoʻa ma o ka Port Infrastructure Development Program hou.
"E kōkua ana kēia hoʻokomo waiwai nui i ka Port Infrastructure Development Program e hoʻoikaika, hoʻololi, a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā ʻōnaehana moana a me nā awa ʻīpuka o ko mākou ʻāina," wahi a ke Kakauolelo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Elaine L. Chao.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka Administration i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā ʻoihana o ʻAmelika, manaʻo kēia papahana hou e kākoʻo i nā awa kahakai ākea ma o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka palekana, ka pono, a i ʻole ka hilinaʻi o ka neʻe ʻana o nā waiwai i loko, i waho a i ʻole i loko o kahi awa.
E hāʻawi ʻia nā hoʻopukapuka kālā ma nā ʻoihana hoʻokele moku ma ke kumu hoʻokūkū no nā papahana i loaʻa i loko o ka palena o ke awa kahakai, a i ʻole ma waho o ka palena o ke awa kahakai, a pili pono i nā hana o ke awa a i ʻole kahi pilina intermodal i kahi awa.
E loiloi ka 'Oihana i nā papahana me ka ho'ohana 'ana i nā pae ho'ohālike e pili ana i ka ho'ohana 'ana i ke kālā pekelala, nā koina o ka papahana a me nā pōmaika'i, nā hopena o ka papahana, ka mākaukau o ka papahana, a me ka makemake o ka home. E noʻonoʻo pū ka 'Oihana i ka ʻokoʻa ʻāina i ke koho ʻana i nā mea e loaʻa kālā.
Ua loaʻa i ka Consolidated Appropriations Act o 2019 he $292.7 miliona no ka Port Infrastructure Development Program, e komo pū ana me $92.7 miliona no nā kahakai kahakai he 15 i mālama i ka helu nui loa o nā ʻāpana he iwakālua kapuaʻi i hoʻouka ʻia i ka pahu pahu pahu i 2016, e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia e ka Hui Pūʻali Koa ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi he $10 miliona, me ka ʻāpana kumukūʻai federal ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o 80 pakeneka.
Eia hou, ke manaʻo nei ka 'Oihana i ka hāʻawi kālā ʻana i hoʻokahi papahana e holomua ana i kēlā me kēia o kēia mau hopena papahana:
• Kākoʻo ka ʻenehana holomua i ka palekana, ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻolālā
• Hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kūlana o ka hoʻoponopono maikaʻi a me ke kūpaʻa
• Paipai i ke kālepa ikehu pono
• Hoʻoikaika i ka hana ʻana, ka mahiʻai, a i ʻole nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka lawe ʻana aku
• No nā awa kai kiʻekiʻe he 15 wale nō, he papahana e kākoʻo ana i ka holo palekana o ka mahiʻai a me nā huahana meaʻai, me ka ʻole o nā pests a me nā maʻi, ma ka home a me ka honua.
No ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kōkua ʻenehana, e hoʻokipa ʻo DOT i kahi ʻano o nā webinars i ka wā o ke kaʻina noi hāʻawi Port Infrastructure Development Program.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- E hāʻawi ʻia nā hoʻopukapuka kālā ma nā ʻoihana hoʻokele moku ma ke kumu hoʻokūkū no nā papahana i loaʻa i loko o ka palena o ke awa kahakai, a i ʻole ma waho o ka palena o ke awa kahakai, a pili pono i nā hana o ke awa a i ʻole kahi pilina intermodal i kahi awa.
- As the Administration continues to invest in America's infrastructure, this new program aims to support public coastal ports by improving the safety, efficiency, or reliability of goods movement into, out of, or within a port.
- • For only the top 15 coastal ports, a project that supports the safe flow of agricultural and food products, free of pests and disease, domestically and internationally.
