The Waimea flood control project has been recognized as the most improved maintenance project in the Honolulu district for fiscal 2007, and Kaua'i County's Department of Public Works Highway Maintenance Division has received an award from the Army Corps of Engineers for the work.

"The amount of work and effort that it took for the Kaua'i County Public Works crew to correct all the deficiencies was phenomenal," said Lincoln Gayagas, who oversees the Rehabilitation and Inspection Program for the corps in the Honolulu district. The work included repairing flood gates, installing gates to limit access and more.