Naʻe fakahā ʻe he Potungāue Fakalotofonua ʻa ʻAmeliká ha ʻinivesi lahi ʻi he ngaahi langa fakalakalaka ʻo e vaí ʻi Maui, ʻo foaki ai ki he Poloseki Toe Fakaʻaongaʻi ʻo e Vai ʻo Lahaina ʻi he Vahefonua Maui ʻa e $15.6 miliona ʻi he paʻanga tokoni fakafederal. Ko e pa’anga ko ‘eni ‘e poupou ia ki hono fakalahi ‘o e Fale Fakalelei’i ‘o e Vai ‘uli ‘o Lahaina pea ‘e fakalahi lahi ai ‘a ‘ene malava ke toe ngaue’aki ‘a e vai.

Ko e pale $15,622,013 ‘e fakataumu’a ia ki hono palani, tisaini mo langa ‘o e ngaahi konga mahu’inga, kau ai ha fale pamu vai ‘oku ‘alu atu, ngaahi tangike tanaki’anga vai, ngaahi laine fetuku, ngaahi laine sevesi, ngaahi laine tufaki’anga vai mo e ngaahi fakalelei mahu’inga kehe ki he Fale Fakalelei’anga ‘o e Vai ‘o Lahaina.

“ʻOku mau houngaʻia ʻaupito ʻi he poupou fakafederal mahuʻinga ko ʻení,” ko e lau ia ʻa Shayne Agawa, ko e Talēkita ʻo e Potungāue Puleʻi ʻo e ʻĀtakaí ʻi he Vahefonua Maui (DEM). “Ko e pa’anga ko ‘eni ‘e ‘ikai ngata pe ‘i hono fakalelei’i ‘a e tu’unga ‘o e vai ka ‘e toe fakamālohia foki ‘a e falala’anga ‘o ‘etau ngaahi ma’u’anga vai mo e ngaahi langa fakalakalaka — tautautefito ki he uesia faka’auha ‘o e vela ‘o e vaotā ‘i Lahaina ‘i he 2023 ki he’etau ngaahi ma’u’anga vai. ‘I he ‘osi ‘a e poloseki ko ‘ení, ‘e ‘omai ‘e he poloseki ko ‘ení ‘a e ‘eka-fute ‘e 3,472 ‘o e vai kuo toe ngāue‘akí ‘i he ta‘u ke feau ‘aki ‘a e ngaahi fiema‘u vai ‘oku ‘ikai ke inu pea mo fakalelei‘i ‘a e ngaahi fiema‘u ‘i he kaha‘ú ‘i he hokohoko atu ‘a e tupu ‘a e komiunitií.”

Ko e Poloseki Toe Fakaʻaongaʻi ʻo e Vai ʻi Lahaina ko e konga ia ʻo e polokalama lahi ange ʻa Palesiteni Biden ko e ʻInivesi ʻi ʻAmelika, ʻa ia ʻoku kau ai ha vahenga ʻe $223 miliona ke fakalahi ʻaki ʻa e matuʻuaki ʻo e pāká mo fakalahi ʻa e maʻuʻanga vai ʻi he fonuá kotoa.

Ko e poloseki 'a Maui ko e taha ia 'o e ongo poloseki pe 'e ua kuo fakamafai'i 'e he konifelenisi 'o e Title XVI kuo fili ke fakapa'anga.

Ki ha fakamatala ki he fanongonongo ʻa e Potungāue Fakalotofonua ʻa ʻAmeliká naʻe fai ʻi he Tūsite, Sanuali 14, 2025, ʻaʻahi ki he https://www.doi.gov/news .

Ki ha fakamatala fakalukufua ki he Potungaue Pule'i 'o e 'Atakai 'o e Vahefonua Maui, 'a'ahi ki he https://www.mauicounty.gov/environmentalmanagement .