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Legislators reach tentative rail funding deal

  • JAMM AQUINO / JUNE 9

    A Shimmick Traylor Granite crew worked on the airport section of the rail project in June at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.

  • CRAIG T. KOJIMA / JUNE 1

    The rail guideway above Kamehameha Highway near Puu Poni Street in Pearl City.

House and Senate negotiators have tentatively agreed on a plan to bail out the city’s rail project by raising hotel room taxes statewide and extending the general excise tax surcharge on Oahu for another three or four years, according to sources familiar with the discussions. Read more

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