ʻO ke Kuhina Kālepa US ʻo Elaine L. Chao i kēia lā ua hoʻolaha ʻia e hāʻawi ka ʻOihana i $986 miliona i nā haʻawina ʻoihana mokulele i 354 mau mokulele ma 44 mokuʻāina a me Puerto Rico a me Maikonesia. ʻO ka ʻelima kēia o ka huina o $3.18 biliona Ka Hoʻomalu Kūleʻa Kūʻē (FAA) Hāʻawi kālā ʻo Airport Improvement Program (AIP) no nā mokulele ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
"ʻO nā papahana hana kālā i kākoʻo kālā ʻia e kēia mau hāʻawi kālā e holomua i ka palekana, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka huakaʻi ʻana, hana i nā hana a hāʻawi i nā pono waiwai ʻē aʻe no nā kaiāulu kūloko," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ke kākau ʻōlelo ʻo US Elaine L. Chao.
ʻO nā papahana i koho ʻia e pili ana i ke kūkulu hou ʻana a me ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana, ke kūkulu ʻana i nā keʻena kinai ahi, ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka walaʻau, ka hoʻemi ʻana o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, a me ka mālama ʻana i nā ala kaʻa, nā pale a me nā pahu. ʻO ke kūkulu ʻana a me nā mea hana i kākoʻo ʻia e kēia kālā e hoʻonui ai i ka palekana o nā mokulele, ka hiki ke pane i ka pilikia, a me ka hiki ke kākoʻo i ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i loko o kēlā me kēia kahua mokulele.
ʻO nā ʻoihana kahua mokulele ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, me 3,332 mau mokulele a me 5,000 mau ala paved, kākoʻo i kā mākou hoʻokūkū hoʻokele waiwai a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ke ola. Wahi a ka FAA hou ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai, ʻo ka mokulele kīwila US he $ 1.6 trillion i ka nui o ka hana waiwai a kākoʻo i kahi kokoke i 11 miliona mau hana. Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a ke Kakauolelo Chao, ke hāʻawi nei ke Keʻena i nā hoʻopukapuka AIP no ka poʻe ʻAmelika, ka poʻe e hilinaʻi nei i nā ʻoihana hilinaʻi.
Hiki i nā kahua mokulele ke loaʻa i kahi kālā AIP kuleana kūpono i kēlā me kēia makahiki e pili ana i nā pae o ka hana a me nā pono o ka papahana. Inā ʻoi aku ka nui o kā lākou papahana kapikala ma mua o kā lākou loaʻa kālā loaʻa, hiki i ka FAA ke kākoʻo i kā lākou kuleana me ka loaʻa kālā.
Aia kekahi o nā makana hāʻawi:
• Burlington International Airport ma Vermont, $16 miliona – e hoʻohana ʻia nā kālā hāʻawi no ke kūkulu hou ʻana iā Taxiway G.
• International Falls Airport ma Minnesota, $15.9 miliona - e hoʻohana ka mea nona ka mokulele i ka hāʻawi kālā no ke kūkulu hou ʻana i ke alanui Runway 13/31.
• ʻO Grant County International Airport ma Wakinekona, $10 miliona - e hana hou ka mea nona ka mokulele i ke alanui Runway 14L/32R.
• ʻO Kenai Municipal Airport ma Alaska, $6.5 miliona - na ka haʻawina e hāʻawi kālā i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi hoʻopakele mokulele a me ka hale hoʻomaʻamaʻa ahi.
• Lake Elmo Airport ma Minnesota, $1.2 miliona – na ka haʻawina e hoʻolako kālā i ke kūkulu hou ʻana o Runway 14/32 a me Taxiway B.
• Philadelphia International Airport ma Pennsylvania, $13.4 miliona – e hoʻohana ʻia nā kālā no ke kūkulu hou ʻana iā Taxiway K.
• ʻO Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport ma Maryland, $3.4 miliona - e hoʻohana ʻia ka haʻawina no ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ke ala ʻo Taxiway A a me ka mea hoʻokele ea e mālama pono i ka pavement.
• St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport ma Florida, $19.7 miliona - e hoʻoponopono hou ke kahua mokulele i ka Runway 18/36.
• St. Louis Lambert International Airport ma Missouri, $1,532,711 - ma lalo o ka papahana Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE), e hoʻohana ʻia nā kālā no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ʻehā mau ʻāpana ea a me ka ʻāina e hoʻemi i nā hoʻokuʻu ʻana ma ka mokulele.
• Ka Mokulele o Kapalakiko ma Kaleponi, $6.4 miliona - e hoʻemi nā kālā i ka walaʻau a puni ka mokulele ma o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā hana hoʻohaʻahaʻa leo no nā hale i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka walaʻau mokulele.
• Ke Kulanui o Oklahoma Westheimer Airport ma Oklahoma, $5.1 miliona – e hoʻohana ʻia nā kālā no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā Taxiways C, D, a me E.
