HART WEEKLY eBLAST | DECEMBER 19, 2014

Have a safe and joyous holiday season, from HART.

As part of the ongoing Kapolei City Lights celebration, you can visit our decorated train model on display at Kapolei Hale through the end of the year. HART also has a Christmas tree on display at Honolulu Hale as part of the Honolulu City Lights festivities.

Much of our rail-related construction along Kamehameha Highway in Pearl City and Aiea and Farrington Highway in Waipahu will be on hiatus for the remainder of the year. Work is scheduled to resume on Monday, January 5, 2015.

See the Weekly Traffic Alert section below for further details or check our website at www.HonoluluTransit.org for weekly traffic updates.

HART UNVEILS BUDGET ACTION PLAN

HART earlier this week introduced its 10-point action plan to address some financial challenges facing the project.

"We want to be transparent and let the public know early on what some of our financial challenges are," said HART Executive Director and CEO Dan Grabauskas. "Legal and delay costs have had a cumulative effect and pushed us into a tight construction market resulting in bids coming in significantly higher. To meet these challenges, we are repackaging and recalibrating our contract solicitations to further reduce scope and costs. We are also looking at additional sources of revenue, including public-private partnerships and other financing options."

View the HART plan presented at this week's HART Board of Directors meeting.

WEEKLY TRAFFIC ALERT

Sunday, December 21 to Friday, December 26

H-1 FREEWAY WAIAWA INTERCHANGE

No lane closures scheduled from Wednesday, December 24 to Friday, December 26.

Two inside eastbound lanes of the H-1 Freeway near the H-1/H-2 merge will be closed Monday and Tuesday between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m.

EWA

Farrington Highway between Kualakai Parkway (North-South Road) and Old Fort Weaver Road will remain closed in both directions until the end of January.

WAIPAHU

No lane closures scheduled from Wednesday, December 24 to Friday, December 26.

One westbound lane of Farrington Highway between Leoku Street and Leokane Street as well as the inside lanes between Leokane Street and Pupukahi Street will be closed overnight Monday and Tuesday between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. The northbound lane of Leoku Street will also be closed those same nights between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.

The outside lanes of Farrington Highway between Waikele Road and Aniani Place will be closed Monday and Tuesday between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. One westbound lane between Aniani Place and Waipahu Depot Road will also be closed during those same nights and times.

Traffic will be contraflowed along Farrington Highway between Mokuola Street and Kahualii Street. Two eastbound lanes of Farrington Highway will be open between 5 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and two westbound lanes between 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Left turns will be restricted at Moloalo Street and at the Paiwa Street intersections.

PEARL CITY

No lane closures scheduled from Monday, December 22 to Sunday, January 4.

One eastbound lane near the HECO-Waiau power plant and fronting Neal Blaisdell Park will be closed 24/7.

AIEA

No lane closures scheduled from Monday, December 22 to Sunday, January 4.

One eastbound lane of Kamehameha Highway from Lipoa Place to Pali Momi Street near the Pearl Kai Shopping Center and one near McGrew Point will be closed 24/7.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

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