It’s Groundhog Day in Windward Oʻahu, where a pedestrian bridge has been caught in a cycle of being destroyed, rebuilt and destroyed.

Months after being obliterated by a car, a rustic wooden red and white pedestrian footbridge on the edge of a busy highway in Windward Oʻahu is finally under repair.

Estimates vary for how long it sat in shambles.

Laetitia Atlantis, who runs Sunshine Art Gallery across the street, thinks it’s been about six months. Her employee Kyle Lawes thinks five or six months, “at least.” Justine Haltom, who lives up the road, thinks it’s been closer to eight or nine months.

This much is known: a state award for repairs was issued in January, with the cost increasing from about $62,000 to about $103,000 due to additional damage and an increase in the number of met

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