Posted on: Saturday, December 4, 2004
Federal money to help rebuild stream bank
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The federal government will pay $450,000 to repair part of the Manoa stream damaged in a flood in October, Sen. Dan Inouye said yesterday.
The money from the Department of Agriculture's Emergency Watershed Protection program will be used to pay 75 percent of the costs to rebuild a part of the stream bank along Koali Road damaged in the Oct. 30 flood, Inouye said. The rest of the project costs will be paid by the city.
Meanwhile, University of Hawai'i officials late yesterday were still receiving last-minute insurance forms from offices damaged in the flood, said UH spokeswoman Carolyn Tanaka.
Once all the claims are tabulated next week, officials will have a better idea of the cost of the flood damage, she said.
Up to 35 buildings were damaged, and losses are expected to exceed the university's $25 million flood insurance coverage.
The university has received about $60,000 in donations to two relief funds. Much of the money has come from families of students, officials said.
