Funding for homeless sweeps along state roadways runs out, putting future clean-ups on hold

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HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Funding for homeless sweeps along roadways managed by the state has run out, which means regular clean-up operations are on hold.

And that’s allowed the number of encampments on property managed by the state Department of Transportation to grow, including beneath the Nimitz Viaduct to embankments of the H-1 and teetering on the edge of Nimitz Highway.

The agency was supposed to have received $7 million from the state so it could continue to pay a private contractor to remove homeless camps from its land.

But because of COVID-19, that money is in limbo.

Read more: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/09/17/funding-homeless-sweeps-along-state-roadways-runs-out-putting-future-clean-ups-hold/