“Six ways to speed up the recovery and rebuilding of Lahaina”
HART’s Billion Dollar PIG Schemes in Secret to Extend Rail Further East
SA: … Meanwhile, at the same board meeting Friday, the agenda highlights another item: the “dissolution and reconstitution” of the PIG “to investigate completion of the Honolulu Rail Transit Project to the Ala Moana Station and beyond.”
Under the Blangiardi administration, the city in 2022 postponed the last 1.25 miles of guideway and the final two stations — at Kakaako, near Ward Avenue, and Ala Moana Center — to reduce the project’s expenses from over $12.45 billion for a 20-mile route and 21 stations, down to a $9.93 billion, 18.9-mile rail line project and 19 stations.
The board’s pending discussion on extending Skyline farther east follows HART’s awarding of a $1.66 billion contract Thursday to Los Angeles-based Tutor Perini Corp. to design and build the line’s last 3-mile segment, the City Center Guideway and Stations project, to Halekauwila and South streets.
The estimated cost to build the CCGS project had been $1.3 billion, but Tutor Perini’s bid increased by about $360 million over what HART had estimated.….
(HART is starting off 28% over budget--now they want to burn more.)
read … Negotiations over HART leader’s new contract continue
Battle over evidence in Ireland murder case heads to high court
HTH: … Hilo Circuit Judge Peter Kubota on Thursday told the Hawaii Supreme Court his decision to release new information about the Christmas Eve 1991 abduction, rape and murder of Dana Ireland to lawyers representing two men wrongly convicted two decades ago trumps the desire of the Hawaii Police Department to keep the evidence confidential….
read … Battle over evidence in Ireland murder case heads to high court
After Shootings, Waianae to be Flooded with Cops
SA: … They were flanked by Honolulu Police Chief Arthur “Joe” Logan and state Law Enforcement Director Jordan Lowe, who pledged to dramatically increase the number of uniformed and plainclothes law enforcement personnel in the area.
Logan said he is using a mix of reserve officers, overtime pay, crime reduction units and uniformed officers who want to volunteer for the effort.
The state will contribute deputy sheriffs, and armed officers from the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement to patrol the Waianae Small Boat Harbor and state lands on the Leeward Coast.
In Waianae there are four to five police officers assigned to patrol the area….
KHON: Retaliation, responsibility: Who's to blame for West Oahu violence? (khon2.com)
read … Mayor says ‘enough is enough’ after 3 shootings in 9 days in Leeward Oahu
Nearly 2 years since unpermitted rock wall fatal incident, Kailua homeowner remains in violation
KITV: … It’s been nearly two years since an unpermitted rock wall in Windward Oahu came crashing down, killing one person and trapping three others beneath the rubble. The city confirms to Island News that its notice of violation still has not been resolved.
In a statement to Island News, a Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) spokesman said that the notice of violation remains open as it processes a building permit application for the retaining wall.
“We initially began to review the application in July 2023 and the plans were returned to the applicant with comments on Nov. 16, 2023,” Curtis Lum, spokesman with the city’s DPP said. “After eight months of no activity, the applicant resubmitted a revised plan on July 10, 2024. This updated application is under review.” …
read … Nearly 2 years since unpermitted rock wall fatal incident, Kailua homeowner remains in violation
Trump Pulls in Tulsi Gabbard for Debate Prep
NYT: … Tulsi Gabbard, the former Democrat who has rebranded herself as a celebrity among Donald J. Trump’s supporters, once eviscerated Kamala Harris on a debate stage….
read … Trump Pulls in Tulsi Gabbard for Debate Prep
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