Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s Budget Increases Spending, Fuel Tax

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Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell released details about his Fiscal Year 2014 budget today, revealing plans to increase the fuel tax by $0.05 per gallon.

The tax hike is part of Caldwell’s $2.09 billion spending plan that aims to restore bus services cut by previous Mayor Peter Carlisle and dump $153 million into repaving and preserving Honolulu’s roads.

Caldwell also wants to spend $17.7 million improving Oahu’s parks. The mayor has scheduled a press conference at 2:30 p.m. to discuss his budget.

Read Caldwell’s message to the Honolulu City Council here:

—Nick Grube

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