Hawaii is getting millions in federal money to fix storm-damaged roads and widen a jammed stretch of the H-1, which is good news for drivers and for a state road budget that could not cover the repairs alone.

• Federal Highway Administrator Sean McMaster toured Oahu projects that are getting federal support, including storm repairs.
• His office released emergency relief money to fix roads and bridges damaged during the recent Kona low storm.
• An H-3 repair grew far more expensive than planned after crews found hidden damage, and it is now largely paid for by federal funds with a mid-November finish date.
• A separate H-1 widening project is about 80% federally funded under the "Freedom to Drive" program, which targets the country's worst traffic bottlenecks.
• That stretch of H-1 was built in the 1960s for about 40,000 cars a day and now carries more than four times that.

Outlook: Federal officials say these are exactly the projects they want to fund, so Hawaii is likely to see more federal money flow to disaster repairs and congestion fixes, with Maui's Piilani Highway next in line for review.