Talk about results.

Last month, Honolulu City Councilman Trevor Ozawa聽pushed a resolution聽to boost transparency for the city’s $6 billion rail project.

Specifically, he called聽on聽the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to broadcast聽it’s board meetings online or through public access stations.

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HART will join other government agencies in broadcasting its meetings through Olelo Community Media.

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On Thursday, the city announced聽Olelo Community Media will begin airing HART meetings starting next week.

This should make it easier for citizens to聽track decisions made by HART board members on a highly controversial project that faces a nearly $1 billion shortfall.

In a press release, Ozawa said televising HART meetings “is a crucial聽first step in providing real transparency to this project.鈥

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