Former Hawaii Democratic Governor Urges Trump to Stop Funds for Honolulu Rail

A full page ad in today’s Washington Post (April 21, 2017) featured former Democratic Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano asking President Trump to stop further funding for the Honolulu rail project. The project has ballooned in cost from $5 billion to $10 billion, with most of the funding coming from local sources. There are serious concerns about the ability of Honolulu or Hawaii to afford completion of the project. Cayetano says that the line will be the most costly in the world. A proof of the ad is below and a pdf is available here.

Several Newgeography.com articles have followed this issue:

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005156-live-honolulu-hart-rail-a-megaproject-failure-making

http://www.newgeography.com/content/002316-honolulu-mega-rail-project-a-micro-city

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005410-honolulu-rail-from-46-b-86-b-eight-years-now-what

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005257-honolulu-rail-it-just-keeps-getting-worse

http://www.newgeography.com/content/002719-honolulu%E2%80%99s-money-train

http://www.newgeography.com/content/001912-honolulu-rail-costs-balloon-ridership-projections-called-high