‘I ha makamaile mahu‘inga ki he fakaakeake mo e toe langa ‘o e ngaahi komiunitī na‘e faka‘auha ‘e he vela ‘o e vaotā ‘i Maui ‘i he 2023, na‘e fakahā ai ‘e he Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen ‘e ma‘u ‘e he Vahefonua Maui ‘a e fakafuofua ki he $1.6 piliona ‘i he tokoni fo‘ou ‘a e Poloka Fakalakalaka Fakakomiuniti ki he Fakaakeake ‘o e Fakatamaki (CDBG-DR) ‘oku lahi ange ‘a e $80u ‘i he fakapa‘anga faka‘ekonōmika mo e $80u. fakalakalaka, nō ki he fanga ki’i pisinisi mo e ngaahi langa fakalakalaka ‘o e vai, mo e ngaahi fiema’u kehe.

Naʻe fili ʻa e Fale Alea ʻo ʻAmeliká ʻi Uasingatoni, DC, ʻi he Falaité mo e pongipongi Tokonakí ke vaheʻi ha paʻanga ʻe $1.6 piliona ki he tokoni ki he fakatamakí ʻo fakafou ʻi he Potungāue Fale mo e Fakalakalaka ʻo e Kolo ʻa ʻAmeliká (HUD) ke poupouʻi ʻaki ʻa e feinga ʻa Maui ke toe langa ha ngaahi ʻapi. Ko e toe $480 miliona 'e 'alu ia ki Maui ki he fakaakeake mei he fakatamaki. ‘Oku pule’i ‘e he ngaahi fakahinohino fefeka ‘a e pule’anga fakafederal ‘a e founga kuo pau ke ngaue’aki ‘aki ‘a e pa’anga, kau ai ‘a e ngaahi fiema’u ki he lipooti fakapa’anga kakato ‘a e Vahefonua ki he pule’anga fakafederal.

ʻI he tali ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Bissen ki he ongoongó, naʻá ne fakahā ʻene houngaʻia lahi ʻi he poupou fakafederal, ʻo ne fakamamafaʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e paʻanga tokoni ko ʻení ki he fakaakeake taimi lōloa ʻo Maui.

“ʻOku mau houngaʻia lahi ʻi he tokoni mahuʻinga ko ʻeni ki he fakatamakí, ʻa ia te ne fakaʻatā kimautolu ke mau kamata ʻa e ngāue mahuʻinga ʻo hono toe langa mo fakamālohia homau koló hili ʻa e ngaahi vela kovi taha kuo sio ki ai ʻa e puleʻangá ni ʻi ha senituli,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Bissen. “ʻE ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he tokoni ʻa e paʻanga tokoni ko ʻeni ʻa e CDBG-DR ki heʻetau kau hao ʻi he vela ʻo e vaotaá ʻoku faingataʻaʻia tahá, ka ʻe toe lava ai ke mau ʻinivesi ʻi ha ngaahi poloseki ʻe ʻai ai ʻa e Vahefonua Mauí ke toe fefeka ange mo mateuteu lelei ange ki he ngaahi pole ʻi he kahaʻú.”

Na’e fakahoko foki ‘e he Pule Kolo ‘a e fakamalo loto hounga’ia ki he Senatoa ‘Amelika ‘o Hawai’i ko Brian Schatz ‘i he’ene feinga ta’etuku ke ma’u ‘a e pa’anga ko ‘eni, pea pehe ki he kau taki kotoa ‘o e Fale Alea ‘o Hawai’i ‘i he’enau hokohoko atu ‘enau taukave’i ‘a e kau hao ‘i he vela ‘o e vao ‘o Maui.

“Ko e paʻanga tokoni ko ʻení ko ha laine moʻui ia ki homau koló, pea ʻoku ou houngaʻia lahi ʻia Senatoa Schatz mo homau kau taki kotoa ʻo e Fale Aleá ʻi heʻenau poupou taʻe-ueʻia,” ko e tānaki atu ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Bissen.

Makehe mei he fakafuofua ki he $1.6 piliona 'o e pa'anga tokoni 'a e CDBG-DR ki he ngaahi fale, 'e toe $480 miliona nai 'e toe 'alu atu ki Maui, kau ai 'a e:

• $350 miliona ke langa ha ngaahi langa fakalakalaka mahu'inga ki he vai .
• $33 miliona ki hono fakalelei'i 'o e ngaahi hala .
• ‘Oku ‘ikai si‘i hifo he $22 miliona ke poupou‘i ‘aki ‘a e fakaakeake faka‘ekonōmiká, ngoué, mo e feinga tauhi ‘o e ‘ātakaí .
• $19 miliona ki he tauhi fanau
• 'Oku 'ikai si'i hifo he $12 miliona ke 'oatu 'a e ngaahi no ki he fanga ki'i pisinisi 'oku uesia .

Ke fakapapau’i ‘oku pule’i lelei ‘a e pa’anga ko ‘eni, kuo fokotu’u ‘e he Vahefonua Maui, ‘i he fakangofua mei he Fakataha Tokoni ‘a e Vahefonua Maui, ha ‘Ofisi Polokalama CDBG-DR ‘i loto ‘i he ‘Ofisi Fakaakeake ‘o e Potungaue Pule. Kuo fakamoleki ‘e he Vahefonua ‘a e ngaahi māhina ‘i hono teuteu’i ha palani ngāue mo e ngaahi tu’utu’uni mateuteu ke fakapapau’i ‘oku ola lelei hono fakahoko mo hono ngāue’aki ‘o e pa’anga tokoni.

“ʻOku mau tukupā kakato ke ngāue vāofi mo e ngaahi hoa ngāue fakasiteiti, fakafederal mo fakalotofonuá ʻi he feinga fakaakeake fakalūkufua ko ʻení,” ko e lau ia ʻa Sione Sāmita, ko e Pule foʻou ʻo e ʻŌfisi Fakaakeake ʻo e Vahefonuá. “Te tau langa fakataha ha Maui ʻoku mālohi ange mo tuʻumālie ange ke ʻaonga ki he kau hao ʻi he vela ʻo e vaotaá mo e kakai kotoa ʻo e Vahefonua Mauí.”

ʻOku fakalotolahiʻi atu ʻa e kakai ʻo Maui mo e kau maʻu ʻinasi fakalotofonuá ke nau ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi polokalama fakaakeake ʻoku lolotonga hokó mo e ngaahi faingamālie ki he fetuʻutaki ʻa e kakaí. Ki ha ngaahi fakaikiiki lahi ange, kātaki ʻo ʻaʻahi ki he www .

Fekau'aki mo e Polokalama CDBG-DR : Ko e polokalama Poloka Fakalakalaka Fakakomiuniti - Fakaakeake mei he Fakatamaki (CDBG-DR) 'oku ne 'oatu 'a e pa'anga ke tokoni ki he ngaahi pule'anga fakasiteiti mo fakalotofonua ke nau tali mo fakaakeake mei he ngaahi fakatamaki kuo fakaha 'e he pule'anga fakafederal. Ko e pa’anga ko ‘eni ‘oku ngaue’aki ia ke poupou’i ‘aki ‘a e ngaahi feinga langa fale, langa fakalakalaka mo e fakaakeake faka’ekonomika, ‘o tokanga taha ki he fakaakeake mo e tu’uma’u taimi loloa.