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Old Posted Oct 31, 2014, 6:23 PM
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Railroading Paradise (Honolulu Rail & Sierra Club documentary)

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/clip/10...ading-paradise

Summary: Railroading Paradise, chronicles the bitter tug-of-war between efforts to preserve O‘ahu and pressures for new housing and growth - seen through the eyes of the largest environmental group in Hawai‘i, as they grapple with whether or not to support the HART rail project. With fly-on-the-wall coverage of Sierra Club deliberations and extensive interviews with a broad range of experts discussing the island’s future, the documentary zeroes in on the concern that O‘ahu has reached a fundamental tipping point. A one hour documentary.

http://railroadingparadise.com/
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According to the official site, columns at each station will have their own designs so as to reflect the surroundings of each neighborhood it passes through. Cool.


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^ Those look great! Wish Miami's Metrorail columns looked as nice as theses instead of faceless boring columns. It would be nice to get a new photo update on this project too.
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Just over a mile of the line is now complete and steel rail is starting to make an appearance. This month's Honolulu On The Move* has some coverage of the milestone:
(ffwd to 6:50)
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*btw, Honolulu On The Move is a monthly recap series that tracks the progress being made on the rail line. It can also be found on the project's official site.

..and while we're at it, since I haven't seen it on here yet, here's a flyover of the route:
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Any ideas on how they'll solve this problem?

Honolulu's rail project budget could rise by $550M if action not taken now, HART head says

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The cost of the Honolulu rail transit project could rise between $550 to $700 million unless the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation takes action now, Dan Grabauskas, the agency's executive director and CEO, said Thursday.

Grabauskas blames higher construction costs, as well as the costs associated with legal delays and other factors, for the potential higher costs on the $5.16 billion project.

Earlier this year, HART opened bids for the first nine stations along the 20-mile route. The lowest bid came in at more than $110 million more than had been budgeted. So HART repackaged the bids into three contracts.

Grabauskas said in addition to that, legal delays and notice to proceed contract problems cost $190 million, and that General Excise Tax deficits cost $41 million.
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^ Those look great! Wish Miami's Metrorail columns looked as nice as theses instead of faceless boring columns. It would be nice to get a new photo update on this project too.
I agree with that. Looking great! I am pretty sure Miami-Dade Transit is still negotiations and they will made decision. Hopefully they will extend the metorail from MIA Airport to Miami International Mall or extend from downtown Miami via Biscayne Blvd to Aventura Mall. The metrobus routes 3 is always full and it was so full of those people. Why can't have 60-foot buses? It was too extremely overcrowded.
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Old Posted Feb 2, 2015, 10:07 PM
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Honolulu rail's remaining contracts from HART presentation material May 2014:
20140505-industry-day-2-1 by miniviews, on Flickr

20140505-industry-day-2-2 by miniviews, on Flickr

Note the first 9 stations from East Kapolei to Aloha Station bid package has been split into 3 separate packages. IIRC, West Loch, Waipahu Transit & LCC station bid package has been announce.

Airport Section Utilities construction cost is $28,413,974 (based on December 2014 monthly report).

My suggestions (non-PE, non-planner):
1) Change Pearl Highlands Park-n-Ride structure & H2 ramp to a temporary surface park-n-ride with access via Kamehameha hwy.
2) Shift construction of some stations to the potential UH Moana/Waikiki extension such as East Kapolei or UH West Oahu, Hoopili, Lagoon Drive, Iwilei, Chinatown, Civic Center and Kakaako.
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Do you know when they will be completed? On what years is that?
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Why was the project broken up into so many construction tenders? Seems like a lot of work and reinforces a lack of continuity or retained project knowledge.
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Excuse my ignorance but, does it only seem like this remains elevated in lower density areas, when it could run at-grade and cost less?
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^^ This line runs elevated (or at least grade separated) for its entire length because it will be a completely automated transit system, like Skytrain in Vancouver.
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^Right, I understand that, but I don't see how that's relevant.

For example, there's going to be a new MHT APM here in Tampa soon to serve the airport from their own remote CONRAC and the adjacent business district (where an intermodal transit hub will eventually be built to serve the region). Portions of that will run at-grade where there's nothing to cross. (like next to the airport ring road, and well as along the boundary of the airport towards the nearby business district). They're of course fencing it off. No big deal.

Maybe it's a flood zone too or something.
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The area looks too built up, there might not be many areas where a railroad would cross nothing. Looks like it will be built in the median of arterial roads. Follows Farrington Highway, then Kamehameha Highway to the east.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Kanuk...aii+96701&z=15

The three westernmost stations do look low density, but maybe it's not worth the savings to go to surface?
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This thread has been dead for so long, it needs some major revival. So I'll try to post almost everything that has happen since Feb 5.
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There was a poll results back on Feb 1
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Hawaii Poll: Rising cost of rail project

Posted: Feb 01, 2015 8:05 PM HST
Updated: Feb 02, 2015 11:20 AM HST
By Lisa Kubota

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - As the city struggles to pay for Honolulu's controversial rail system, the latest Hawaii Poll explores possible solutions. The controversial project topped the list (19%) as the most important issue facing Oahu this year in the survey conducted by Ward Research for Hawaii News Now and the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Traffic came in a close second (17%), followed by homelessness (15%) and the economy (14%). Education/public schools came in a distant fifth place (4%).

Paying for the most expensive construction project in the state's history isn't easy. Honolulu's $5.2 billion rail system now faces a budget shortfall of up to $900 million.

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Old Posted Apr 18, 2015, 5:29 AM
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Then there was a report
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HART responds to federal report that calls rail project ‘alarming’

Published: February 5, 2015, 6:48 pm Updated: February 6, 2015, 6:00 pm
By Manolo Morales

A federal oversight contractor is blasting Honolulu’s rail project, calling it “alarming” and “not sufficient.”

A new review looked at the rising cost of building the rail system, putting the project at $500 million to $600 million over-budget.

It also criticizes Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, which oversees the project, saying its effort to contain costs has been minimal and is alarming.

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Read full article here: http://khon2.com/2015/02/05/hart-res...ject-alarming/
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Then a detour to the buses
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Acacia Road closure in Pearl City leads to detoured bus routes



By Brigette Namata and Web Staff
Published: February 9, 2015, 11:32 am
Updated: February 9, 2015, 5:56 pm

A portion of rail work starting in Pearl City on Kamehameha Highway Monday night will cause changes that will affect both motorists and bus riders.

Starting Monday night, the eastbound left-turn lane from Kamehameha Highway onto Acacia Road fronting Pearl Highlands Center will be closed 24/7 until mid-2015. The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation did not specify an exact end date.

[...] Bus routes A (City Express), 40 (Honolulu-Makaha), 42 (Ewa Beach-Waikiki), 53 (Honolulu-Pacific Palisades) and 62 (Honolulu-Wahiawa) will be affected. [...]

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Old Posted Apr 18, 2015, 5:33 AM
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HART: Rail Could Run Out of Cash By This Summer

The Honolulu City Council needs to issue debt to help pay for ongoing construction even though there's no guarantee on how to pay for the full price tag of the project.
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
By NICK GRUBE

Forget about the nearly $1 billion shortfall, Honolulu’s rail project has a cash flow problem that could halt work as soon as this summer.

Construction costs are now outpacing the money trickling in from taxes and the federal government. That means the Honolulu City Council must issue debt to temporarily cover the difference while the revenues catch up.

But council members are still uneasy about the plan, especially given the growing shortfall and the fact that state lawmakers have yet to pass an extension of the general excise tax surcharge to pay for it.

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City admits cost of rail project unknown



UPDATED-8:17 PM HST Feb 11, 2015

HONOLULU —The $5.3 billion price tag attached to the controversial rail project is a best guess at this point, Roy Amemiya, the city's new managing director, admitted Wednesday to members of the City Council.

"A lot of it is projections," said Amemiya. "What will the contracts come out at?"

The startling admission came as administration officials and the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation seek a memorandum of understanding from the City Council that sets in motion HART's ability to issue as much as $1.9 billion in bonds and commercial paper over the next several years.

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Senate Transportation Committee votes to extend rail tax 25 years



UPDATED-7:00 AM HST Feb 13, 2015
By Andrew Pereira

HONOLULU —After hearing testimony on why Oahu’s rail tax should be made permanent, the Senate Transportation Committee voted 8-0 Thursday to extend the surcharge to the state’s general excise tax another 25 years.

The vote on Senate Bill 19 followed about an hour of testimony that included Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation Executive Director and CEO Dan Grabauskas.

Caldwell said the rail project is about transportation equity for residents of the Ewa plain and admitted the 20-mile system from East Kapolei to the Ala Moana Shopping Center has hit a rough patch with a projected budget deficit of $910 million. However, the mayor said the half-percent rail surcharge is the fairest way to generate money to complete the system without having to raise property taxes as much as 40 percent.

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