Critics of the rail project often complain that the $5+ billion anticipated price tag for the project does not approximate the project's actual cost. Former governor Ben Cayetano has staked his mayoral candidacy on his challenge of the rail project, noting
President’s Budget Includes $250 Million for Rail Construction
PBN reports that President Obama's budget requests $250 million dollars for the Honolulu rail transit project — $100 million more than any other rail project in the country. This information comes on the heels of a new Hawaii News Now/Star
University of Hawaii Law School Panel on Professional Responsibility
Rail receives green light from Federal Transit Authority to Proceed with Advanced Construction
The City has the green light to commence with construction of the foundation and pillars that will make up the first segment of the Honolulu rail project. The City has been authorized to spend $184.7 million on this first segment
Supreme Court Justice Speaks in Honolulu
Tonight, Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor will be speaking to members of the Hawaii State Bar Association at Aliiolani Hale. Her speech is entitled: A Conversation with Justice Sotomayor: Work Ethic and What It Takes to be a Supreme Court Justice.
Hawaii Rail News
1. Kiewit has been awarded a $15 million dollar change order on its contract for the first segment of Honolulu's rail transit project, boosting the total cost of the contract to $502 million dollars. The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transporation (HART)
Why did 2 of 3 rail car bidders lack a contractors license when they first responded to the City’s RFP?
The Star Advertiser reports that 2 of the 3 bidders seeking to work on the rail car manufacturing portion of the rail project, did not have contractors licenses to perform necessary construction under their bids. According to DCCA records, the winning
Guest Post: The Federal Court Challenge To Honolulu Rail Project
Today’s post is by an old friend and colleague, Paul Schwind. He’s been following the federal litigation challenging the $4+ billion Honolulu rail project, and attended last week’s hearing. We asked him to write a guest post so the rest
Property Prof Seeks Law & Society Panel
Yun-chien Chang, a property professor in Taiwan is trying to organize (or join) a property panel at the Law & Society meeting in Honolulu this summer. He's currently writing about easements of necessity and statutory easements. If you're interested, you
More On The JSC List Case
Here are three more items from the Honolulu media about the case in which the Star-Advertiser is seeking the Judicial Selection Commission lists from the Governor (Star-Advertiser v. Abercrombie, No. 11-1-1871-08). Disclosure: we represent the Star-Advertiser in this case.