A lawsuit filed by opponents of the Honolulu Rail Project alleges that the city and Federal Transit Adminsitration officials have violated federal environmental law. University of Hawaii law professor, Randall Roth, is part of the group suing the city to stop the project. Roth stated, “I believe in rule of law. I believe that the law should be obeyed, especially by governmental agencies, and in my opinion and the opinion of our lead lawyers, the city and the FTA violated several very important laws.”
The city contends that they have followed all of the procedures required by federal law. Executive Director of the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, Daniel Grabauskas, stated that, “the city’s position has always been that the city and the FTA conducted a comprehensive environmental evaluation of the rail project and has fully complied with the National Environmental Policy Act and other federal laws.”
Opening arguements by both sides will be heard in court this week by Judge A. Wallace Tashima of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 8-20-2012, www.staradvertiser.com
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