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(C) The roads can be utilized to develop emergency or alternate routes and thereby promote community safety and the public interest; or (D) The roads can be integrated into public transportation routes for mass transit, multi-modal transportation systems, or department of education bus routes. These agencies and departments shall respond to the director's request for comment within thirty calendar days from the date the request for comment is received. If any agency or department does not respond within this time,the director may proceed without their input. (3) Following either the receipt of comments, or the expiration of the comment period specified in section 14-26-6(b)(2), the director shall identify subject roads that satisfy section 14-26-4 criteria and have been identified by the civil defense agency, Hawai`i fire department, police department, mass transit agency, or planning department, as satisfying any or all of the criteria in section 14-26-6(b)(2). Higher priority shall be afforded to subject roads that meet two or more criteria listed in section 14-26- 6(b)(2). (4) Feasibility. With respect to subject roads deemed by the director to satisfy the criteria in section 14-26-6(b)(3), the director shall assess whether the requests are feasible for assistance pursuant to this article, after consideration of: (A) The area of the requested improvements, gradings, repairs or construction work; (B) The designs and the types and amounts of materials appropriate for the improvements, gradings, repairs, or construction work,pursuant to section 14-26-5; (C) The estimated cost and nature of resources necessary to complete the work for each request; and (D) Appropriation and resource limitations. (c) The director, after consideration of the criteria set out in sections 14-26-4 and 14-26- 6(b)(2) and appropriation and resource limitations, shall identify requests that are feasible, if sufficient appropriations and necessary resources can be secured. (d) The director shall annually compile and submit a report to the Council by the end of January that includes the following information: (1) A summary of requests for assistance received from January through December of the previous calendar year. This summary shall also include requests for assistance received in previous years that have not been granted; (2) A list of requests found to be eligible for assistance pursuant to section 14-26-4; (3) A list of requests found to satisfy section 14-26-6(b)(2) criteria; (4) A list of requests found to be feasible pursuant to section 14-26-6(b)(4); and (5) An update regarding the status of requests identified as feasible in prior calendar years that have not yet been granted. 5