Rail deserves to clear major funding hurdle

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 01, 2012

~~<p>At least seven years in the making, Honolulu's final funding plan for a 20-mile rail line between Kapolei and Ala Moana has been forwarded to the Federal Transit Administration for monetary partnership of a project that has been decades in developing.</p>
<p>The agency's approval of $1.55 billion in federal dollars is critical to moving forward with the transporta- tion necessity, and it should not be torpedoed by public or political cold feet.</p>
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At least seven years in the making, Honolulu's final funding plan for a 20-mile rail line between Kapolei and Ala Moana has been forwarded to the Federal Transit Administration for monetary partnership of a project that has been decades in developing.

The agency's approval of $1.55 billion in federal dollars is critical to moving forward with the transporta- tion necessity, and it should not be torpedoed by public or political cold feet. Login for more...