The Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization announced Monday that it is seeking public comment to determine which local infrastructure projects get federal funding over the next three years. 

OMPO published a draft of the Transportation Improvement Plan on its website. It includes a little over 80 projects that were in its most recent three-year plan, along with 12 new projects. About $4.4 billion is allotted in total, with funding coming from federal, state and city governments.

The projects fall into categories like congestion management, highway safety and pavement and bridge condition. They include things like $48 million for widening Farrington Highway and improving sidewalk conditions in Nanakuli and about $33 million to repair and paint the bridge to Sand Island. 

OMPO coordinates all federal funding for local Oahu infrastructure projects, and its existence is mandated by the Federal Surface Transportation Act of 1973. 

OMPO’s Transit Improvement Plan is updated every three years. Development of the new plan takes about 15 months, and community input is solicited about halfway through the process. 

Residents can submit their comments to Senior Transportation Planner Dallas Ige at dige@oahumpo.org until May 17 using a PDF on OMPO’s website.