It’s getting time to put some common sense into some confusion that has made it into print: “Just resolve rail issues and complete project (Star-Advertiser, Letters, Nov. 30); “Stop whining, finish Honolulu rail project” (Star-Advertiser, Dec. 5).

What prompts these good people to voice such far-out opinions? It could not be facts. Back about 2006, our mayor said the price of rail would be about $2.5 billion. We are now at about $10 billion, not halfway through and no end in sight. We got the wrong wheels, tracks, track switches, cracks in the pillars and nighttime trains going out by themselves.

It’s time to stop this misconceived and mismanaged monstrosity. Wise heads will prevail. Grind down the ugly pillars and use the concrete to repave all our rotten streets. Ours are the 48th worst in the country. The unions will keep their beer and the construction companies their champagne. And we will restore the beauty of our precious aina.

A win-win situation.

Gerhard Hamm

Nuuanu

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