HART: More Than Half of Rail Jobs Have Gone to Hawaii Residents

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Lots of questions have been raised about who exactly is being hired to build the rail system: locals, or imports?

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation sent me a table yesterday with their count of jobs created to date and who’s filling those jobs.

Of 278 jobs they’ve identified, 148 were filled by Hawaii residents, seven more by returning residents, and 123 by folks from elsewhere.

Here’s the table:

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