Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell today piggy-backed on a study released last week that said the city has some of the worst roads in the country by trying to prove he’s working hard to address the problem.

Ever since taking office, Caldwell has pushed an aggressive road repaving agenda that he hopes will make rides a little less bumpy for commuters and help him build goodwill with his constituents.

Caldwell said the city is ahead of schedule on its plan to repave 300 lane miles of roadway in the current year.

He says the city has eclipsed that mark already, smoothing out 317 lane miles of some of the worst streets in the city since Jan. 1, which is a record for Honolulu.

According to information provided by the city, the 317 lanes miles are the most paved going back to at least 2007.

The mayor wants to repave 1,500 lane miles of unsatisfactory road by 2015, doing an average of 300 a year. The city is on the verge of executing 24 more contracts that will repave 643 lane miles and cost an estimated $145 million.

Here’s a breakdown of road repaving projects by Honolulu City Council district:

Photo: Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell, red shirt, discusses his road repaving program with Honolulu City Councilman Ikaika Anderson, far right. (Submitted photo courtesy of Jesse Broder Van Dyke)

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