{"id":28683,"date":"2024-05-16T01:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T01:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=28683"},"modified":"2024-05-16T01:55:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T01:55:03","slug":"curt-otaguro-announced-as-deputy-director-of-transportation-for-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/hawaii\/curt-otaguro-announced-as-deputy-director-of-transportation-for-airports\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Curt Otaguro Announced as Deputy Director of Transportation for Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Curt-Otaguro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28684\"\/><figcaption><em>Curt Otaguro<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hawai\u2018i Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces\nthe appointment of Curt Otaguro as Deputy Director of Transportation for\nAirports effective June 4, 2024. Otaguro joins the HDOT leadership team\ncurrently comprising Director Ed Sniffen, Deputy Director of Transportation for\nAdministration Tammy Lee, Deputy Director of Transportation for Harbors\nDreannaLee Kalili, and Deputy Director of Transportation for Highways Robin\nShishido.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Deputy Director of Transportation for Airports, Otaguro\nwill be responsible for management of the 15 airports in the State Airports\nSystem. This includes operation, upgrade, and maintenance of airfield and\nterminal infrastructure to meet Federal Aviation Administration safety\nstandards and customer experience expectations. In his previous roles as State\nComptroller and Deputy Superintendent of Operations for the Department of\nEducation, Otaguro managed facilities on a large scale as well as complex Capital\nImprovement Projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCurt is the right person to continue the great improvements\nthat we\u2019ve been making at our airports,\u201d said Hawai\u2018i Department of\nTransportation Director Ed Sniffen. \u201cHis strong project management and fiscal\nbackground, coupled with his ability to partner with industry ensure we\ncontinue to push the entry points that welcome friends, family, and guests to\nour islands to higher levels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Status on Airport improvement projects can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiiairportsmodernization.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.hawaiiairportsmodernization.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hawai\u2018i Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the appointment of Curt Otaguro as Deputy Director of Transportation for Airports effective June 4, 2024. Otaguro joins the HDOT leadership team currently comprising Director Ed Sniffen, Deputy Director of Transportation for Administration Tammy Lee, Deputy Director of Transportation for Harbors DreannaLee Kalili, and Deputy Director of Transportation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hawaii"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28685,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28683\/revisions\/28685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}