1.  Kiewit has been awarded a $15 million dollar change order on its contract for the first segment of Honolulu's rail transit project, boosting the total cost of the contract to $502 million dollars.  The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transporation (HART) says the contract price could increase if the project is further delayed. 

 2. HART representatives have clarified a question being asked by the Federal Transit Administration, which has told HART that the City needs to shore up its financial plan for the rail prior to qualifying for $1.5 billion dollars in federal funding.  HART representatives have told Civil Beat reporters that HART "is not a grantee, it's the City and County of Honolulu," and is therefore able to raise revenue sufficient to satisfy funding concerns.  As Civil Beat observes, while this provides little information about the specifics of future funding, it does offer insight into the relationship between the City and HART. 

 3.  The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) has awarded a $38.8 million contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. to design the rail transit project’s airport section of the elevated rail guideway.  AECOM is responsible for the design of the 5.2-mile portion of the rail guideway from Aloha Stadium to the Middle Street Transit Center in Kalihi.   Following the scheduled completion of AECOM’s design work, a separate construction contract will be put out to bid for the airport section of the elevated guideway.   Future contracts will also be awarded for the design and construction of rail stations along that particular segment of the rail route at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu International Airport, Lagoon Drive and Middle Street.