Kauai Streams Damaged in Floods to be Restored

Last year’s rain and subsequent dam burst led to the devastation

By Honolulu Star-Bulletin Writer Tom Finnegan

Three streams damaged by last year’s heavy rain and the private land surrounding them will get a cleanup and restoration work, thanks to a $6.7 million joint federal-state project, officials said yesterday.

Private and public lands along Makaua Stream in Kaaawa as well as Wailapa and Kilauea streams on Kauai will be repaired and restored, and debris will be removed from the areas abutting the waterways, state Sen. Clayton Hee said yesterday.

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This article was published in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin on July 27, 2007.

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