Most of Hawaii’s islands have too many vehicles and not have enough roads. Each year, tens of thousands of new vehicles hit the local streets and highways without a corresponding increase in roads to handle the traffic. The result is constant gridlock.
With the exception of a few hundred acres of lava on the Big Island, Hawaii isn’t getting any bigger. Even if money were available for construction, where would we put the new roads?
Hawaii’s motorists look to local and state legislators for relief. That’s yet another gridlock.
What wonderful ideas for relieving traffic congestion comes from lawmakers? A fixed rail system for Oahu. Is this 2007 or 1992? How about the new House bill to permit the private sector to build roads that the state cannot afford?
It’s not that the state cannot afford to build more roads. Politicians would need to raise taxes to fund construction. In the end, no new roads, more vehicles, more gridlock.
Wait. Did I understand representative Rida Cabanilla’s bill correctly? The private sector can build roads? Uh huh. Sure. Somebody still has to pay for construction and ongoing maintenance, right? If not the state, then whom and how?
Two words. Toll roads.
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