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How Safe Has the Honolulu Rail Project Been? PF Bentley/Civil Beat

How Safe Has the Honolulu Rail Project Been?

Worker injury rates have been well below state and national average. But concerns remain over excavation procedures.

County Councils Agree to Lobby State for More Hotel Tax Revenue Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat

County Councils Agree to Lobby State for More Hotel Tax Revenue

UPDATED. In a second push to fund local services, Hawaii mayors want the Legislature to let counties levy a surcharge on the General Excise Tax.

Feds: ‘Aggressive Cost Containment’ Needed for Rail Project PF Bentley/Civil Beat/2014

Feds: ‘Aggressive Cost Containment’ Needed for Rail Project

Honolulu officials say they’re confident there is enough money in their contingency fund to cover increasing costs of Hawaii’s biggest-ever public works project.

High Construction Costs Could Delay Honolulu Rail Opening PF Bentley/Civil Beat

High Construction Costs Could Delay Honolulu Rail Opening

The project’s first leg was supposed to be running by 2017, but rebidding a contract could postpone the opening until 2018.

Honolulu Rail Chief: ‘Healthy’ Cash Balance in Contingency PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Honolulu Rail Chief: ‘Healthy’ Cash Balance in Contingency

Recent bids are high, but not cause for too much concern, Dan Grabauskas tells City Council members.

Honolulu Rail Funding Coming Up Short PF Bentley/Civil Beat/2014

Honolulu Rail Funding Coming Up Short

GET revenues fall below projections, a situation HART is “monitoring.”

HART Board Approves $6 Million in Added Rail Costs PF Bentley/Civil Beat

HART Board Approves $6 Million in Added Rail Costs

Project delay costs could reach $250 million, rail officials say.

City Seeks to Safeguard Bus and Handi-Van Money From Rail Project PF Bentley/Civil Beat/2013

City Seeks to Safeguard Bus and Handi-Van Money From Rail Project

Mounting costs for Honolulu’s biggest-ever public works project threaten transportation funds for bus-riders, disabled.

Schatz and Hanabusa Disagree on Supplemental Funding for Honolulu Rail Screen shot

Schatz and Hanabusa Disagree on Supplemental Funding for Honolulu Rail

In their second televised faceoff, the Democratic senatorial candidates took different stands on how to pay for the multibillion-dollar project in the future.

Rail Construction Begins Along H-1 Waiawa Interchange Robert 'Aukai Reynolds, HART

Rail Construction Begins Along H-1 Waiawa Interchange

Crews to place first of several columns that will precede guideway construction between Leeward Community College and Pearl Highlands.