Completed building the road over the lava

[Deckman]

I agree "Common sense is not a common trait, in Hawaii". I retired from a DOT in a northeast state and once the president signed a disaster declaration it was "balls to the wall" to repair all damages. I've seen roads and bridges washed out by hurricanes repaired in months, not years. One elderly couple was given a rental house while the DOT moved their 1800 farm house a mile down the road because the river washed out the road in front of it and we had to move the road where the old house was. That took only 6 months to do. We need some laws passed to expediate disaster relief for out infrastructures in this State.