Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s support for rail, like public support for the project, appears to be wavering.

Abercrombie was interviewed this morning on Hawaii News Now and expressed concerns about what the project has “evolved” into.

“The difficulty right now is the rail that’s proposed has nothing to do with what was stated before — going to the university, going into Waikiki, the transit-oriented development,” Abercrombie said.

He said it’s his job to make sure the entire state is taken care of, and said the issue needs to be settled by Oahu voters in August. Ben Cayetano has promised to kill rail if he’s elected mayor.

Abercrombie said today he’s been a rail supporter for 40 years. He fought for federal funding when he was in Congress and signed the project’s environmental impact statement within days of taking office as governor (that’s Mayor Peter Carlisle making the announcement in the photo above).

“We have to have alternative transportation from the west side of Oahu,” he said.

Read and watch the full interview at Hawaii News Now: Abercrombie questions status of rail