On August 24, 2012, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that the state of Hawaii’s Historic Preservation Division had violated its own rules and should have completed an archaelogical survey of the entire 20-mile route of the Hawaii Rail Project before allowing construction to begin. As a result, the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) has ordered that all new work on the Rail Project be halted until the survey could be completed.
Lance Wilhelm is the Senior Vice President of Kiewit, one of the main construction companies hired to build the rail project. Wilhelm stated, “It’s very difficult to estimate (how much the delays would cost). It’s a function of how much work is delayed, what kind of work, and for how long, and all of those things we don’t know at this point. We’re talking to staff every day, and we’re telling them virtually the same thing. We’re working very hard with HART to get some direction, and to the extent that we can figure out what needs to happen, we’ll do it, and we’ll do it as quickly as we can. But for the time being, we’re really kind of waiting on some direction.”
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 8-31-2012, www.staradvertiser.com
Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
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Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
Global Executive Realty, LLC
www.myhawaiihomesearch.com
www.myhawaiicondo.com
www.myhawaiidreamhome.com
