![]() ![]() For example, in March 2010, the city changed the route of the rail at the airport because it was too close to the runways. However, this does not take the same amount of time as a full EIS. ![]() With any major change in route, a supplement to the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is needed. Option 2A in the Recovery Plan reads, “Build to Middle Street as planned and continue with at-grade rail system.” In September 2016 the FTA clarified that the route could extend to Downtown (Aloha Tower) at a minimum in order to qualify for federal funding. The FTA does not dictate what rail technology is used. The Recovery Plan sent to HART officials by the FTA in June 2016 lists six options for completion in order to receive $1.55B in federal funding. Truth: The FTA has already listed street level rail as an acceptable option to complete the route to downtown. Myth: Changing the plan now would result in a loss of federal funding, and slow or halt the rail project. Constructing the football-field sized stations planned for elevated rail would create immense disruption to nearby structures, traffic and businesses downtown. In contrast, building elevated rail through downtown Honolulu would create enormous construction impacts since entire roadways will need to be cut open to pour underground spread foundations to support the weight of the elevated guideway. Street level rail stations are not bigger than a bus stop, requiring only a canopy for rain shelter and small ticket machine on an existing sidewalk. Because these streets have already been excavated, the issue of new archeological finds is not applicable. This would not require purchase of any additional land. Truth: To lay a set of tracks construction would be 14 inches deep by 8 feet wide, which is the same depth as normal road construction. Myth: Street level rail would require the digging of a 4-8 foot trench 30 feet wide and huge construction impacts downtown. Optional extension routes to Waikiki and the University of Hawaii could be made at a cost of $139 M/mile and would surmount the technical impossibility of extending the planned elevated route from Ala Moana Center due to the 90-foot overpass required over the old Nordstrom building. The Downtown route could be completed with the $6.8 Billion (already collected and GET surcharge revenue projected through 2027). The proposed route would pick up from elevated rail at Middle Street, run along King Street, looping around at Alapai street and returning on Beretania Street. ![]() It is based on current data from the 38 other cities in the U.S. Rail can be completed 4 years faster, with far less construction impacts, and lower operating and maintenance costs in the future. There is no need for a GET surcharge extension to complete rail. “We want the public to know that running street level rail from Middle Street through downtown can be done with the $6.8 Billion in existing funding. “Some of the things HART and others are asserting about street level rail in Honolulu are wildly inaccurate,” said Scott Wilson, Chair of the AIA Transit Task Force from 2009 - 2012 and Chair of the AIA Regional & Urban Design Committee from 2011-2016. The map also shows extension routes to Waikiki and the University of Hawaii. Honolulu – – Salvage the Rail today released a route map showing street level rail through downtown Honolulu. Street Level Plan Can be Completed with Existing Funds Salvage the Rail Group Releases Honolulu Route Map Salvage the Rail: Street Level Plan Can be Completed with Existing Fundsīy News Release 6:48 PM :: 4466 Views :: Rail
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