A group of Honolulu citizens are appealing a ruling made by Judge A. Wallace Tashima on December 27, 2012, which allowed the city to continue with the $5.26 billion project. Judge Tashima ruled in favor of the anti-rail group’s claims that the project placed certain public parks and historic sites at risk, and required the city to do additional studies on the impact that the rail project would have on Mother Waldron Park in Kakaako and the feasibility of creating an alternative downtown route by means of a tunnel under Beretania Street. However, Tashima also stated that he would allow the city to continue with construction of the project and would not halt the project while these additional studies were being made. The anti rail group has submitted their appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Currently construction has been halted as a result of a ruling made by the Hawaii Supreme Court which stated that an archaeological survey of the entire rail route must be completed before construction could resume. Rail officials are confident that the survey will be finished by September of 2013 and approval to resume construction would be given.
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 2-14-2013, www.staradvertiser.com
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Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
Global Executive Realty, LLC
www.myhawaiihomesearch.com
www.myhawaiicondo.com
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