02-02-2022, 01:35 AM
So PMAR is back on the legislative agenda again. I don't know if Ilagan is going for the "old college try" to be able to tell some constituents he did his best, or if he actually has some delusion that he's going to get somewhere with it. I've personally spoken with the last two DOT district chiefs on this subject, and they both shook their head and said, "No way." A makai alternate route is not in the DOT master plan for the Big Island, and there is no money for projects not in that plan.
Ilagan would be better off trying to get the DOT to complete the upgrade to Hwy. 130 that is in the master plan and has been delayed multiple times. They keep finding ways to divert the money for 130 elsewhere, usually Oahu. Even something as simple as a sane redesign of the Shower-130 intersection would help. Meanwhile, he's tilting at windmills.
Ilagan would be better off trying to get the DOT to complete the upgrade to Hwy. 130 that is in the master plan and has been delayed multiple times. They keep finding ways to divert the money for 130 elsewhere, usually Oahu. Even something as simple as a sane redesign of the Shower-130 intersection would help. Meanwhile, he's tilting at windmills.