If the communities get back on their feet makes me think that it might be worth doing section with the damage on the road to hit the towns and supporting the businesses a bit.
Yes, that would be my preference. Include the older Monesi section also, there's a hikers hostel and restaurant there that lost business due to the 2017 landslide there.
Do you know what the situation is with that landslide? We "rode" the 2016 route by there in 2017 and looked like almost nothing could be done to salvage what was left.
If the communities get back on their feet makes me think that it might be worth doing section with the damage on the road to hit the towns and supporting the businesses a bit.