Concerned that newly-paved roads are being torn up for maintenance work, Honolulu City Councilman Stanley Chang is urging the city to extend a moratorium on trenching and road cuts from one year to two years.

The proposed City Council resolution is meant to encourage utilities, state agencies and private companies to participate in Envista, an online project coordination system designed to alert participants to ongoing and future projects on city roads, according to a press release issued by the councilman this week.

“It is unfortunate that we have these programs to encourage cooperation but they are not being fully utilized, thus costing us time and money while putting undue hardships on residents,” Chang said.

Mayor Kirk Caldwell has made repaving dilapidated city roads a top priority of his administration.

Honolulu Councilman Stanley Chang at the Democratic Party of Hawaii convention, May 24, 2014.

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