An exhaustive list of streets was released. Missing from that list is Keola Street, which one resident says has been in bad shape for decades.
"A lot of cars have to go where there’s no holes in the middle of the road. They cross over the middle line, so it’s kind of dangerous especially on a curve going down," the resident said.
On the flip side, there’s Keeaumoku Street, from Nehoa Street heading mauka, which is on the list for repaving. One resident wonders why.
"It’s perfectly fine. You can see the road. It doesn’t make sense for them to spend I’m sure what is hundreds of thousands of dollars on the roads that are fine," nearby resident Kevin McDonald said.
The City points out that in some cases like Keeaumoku Street, since contractors are already repaving the surrounding streets, it’s more cost effective to just do the whole area.
"We try to get as many as the surrounding streets as possible to get some economies of scale when we do the paving work and to make sure that we don’t have to return in the near time in the future," said Ross Sasamura, Department of Facility Maintenance.
As for roads that need repaving but did not make the list, Sasamura says the City can still add them. So, residents can still call in to get their street fixed.
The City plans to spend $100 million this year and $150 million per year in the upcoming years — more than it has ever spent on roads.
If your street didn’t make the list and you think it should be included call the City’s pothole hotline at (808) 768-7777.
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