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Construction work continues at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Skyline station, on June 27, 2024.
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Thomas Brandt presents a lucid plan for fair assignment of fees to pay for the rail system (“Property owners who benefit from rail should help pay for it,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, May 8). It is simple to understand and easy to implement: Let those who will benefit from the project the most actually pay the most to finance it.
As one who will have the trains running a few feet from my glass wall and balcony lanai, I am asking how to collect a viewing or entertainment fee from the Skyline passengers who will have a good look into the homes of those of us living beside the guideway. Give me my share of proximity revenues and I will hang my frilliest unmentionable items out to dry in full view. This will illustrate what some of us residents think of this giant tech toy.
Beverly Kai
Kakaako
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