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UPDATED: Honolulu’s rail project is facing a $1.5 billion shortfall and Kirk Caldwell says he wants to stop the line — for now — nearly five miles short of its originally intended destination.

Ballot measures sought to strengthen HART board’s oversight ability and to consolidate city’s transportation operations.

While rising cost estimates prompt talk of shortening the route or even stopping the project altogether, they’re still working on the railroad.

The agency is struggling to figure out how to build a 20-mile commuter rail line as costs continue to soar.

The Honolulu City Council chairman has nominated a former politician who has paid nearly $100,000 in fines for violating city and state rules, including those related to campaign finances.

The Democrat and former congresswoman likely would scare off many potential challengers for the seat she won twice before Takai.

The well-known Oahu businessman is the founder and chairman of a company that owns several properties along the rail route. Now he’s on the HART board.

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation board chair thinks the cost of the 20-mile rail line will continue to rise.

UPDATED: The former chief executive of the city and county is running on a platform that makes rail and leadership his top priorities.