A much-needed reboot is underway over the stalled $54 million Joint Traffic Management Center (JTMC) at Alapai and South King streets. After months of controversy that involved shoddy work, delays and termination of the construction contract, remedies and work are set to resume next week. Let’s keep our collective fingers crossed, and closer eyes on contractor Watts Construction LLC.

The JTMC is envisioned as a multi-agency effort to improve Oahu’s traffic management and public safety coordination. But the facility that had been targeted for June 2017 completion ran into a slew of construction problems, with the city issuing Watts more than 110 reports of problems with water leaks, roofing, flooring and fire-escape stairways. A default notice against Watts came in February, but when many defects remained uncorrected, the contract was terminated in July.

That finally got Watts’ attention, apparently: Its top people came in, said city attorney Donna Leong, and “stepped up, brought in their ‘A’ team and committed to us in the city that it would work with us to construct a safe, secure and enduring building.” Sure hope so. And it was necessary to hear that the management team overseeing the earlier work was no longer on the project.

The JTMC, when completed in the first quarter of next year as is now targeted, stands to enhance traffic coordination and public safety — involving the city and state departments of transportation, Honolulu police and fire departments, emergency services and the rail’s Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation.

This week’s resolution brings a sigh of relief. But don’t exhale quite yet — that’ll come when this project is finished, on budget and on now-revised time.