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Posted: Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006 5:03 AM HST

Feds fund airport projects

By Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) _ Lihue Airport on Kauai will be getting perimeter security fencing and an improved service road. The projects will be paid for with a four-point-two (m) million dollar federal grant. Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye says the projects with strengthen the airport's security. He says the plan for the installation of eleven-thousand-300 feet of fencing was coordinated with the U-S Transportation Security Administration. Inouye says airport security and emergency vehicles will be better served when the road is improved and realigned. (Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved)