An agreement would immediately clear the way for $125 million in federal funding.

Meanwhile, the HART board is budgeting for a communications function that some members believe is needed to respond when HART or the rail board is ‘attacked.’

The substation is no longer needed based on the rail authority’s latest projections on power usage and deferral of the Pearl Highlands parking garage.

Halekauwila Street may become a bus-only route between South Street and Keawe Street.

The Honolulu rail authority has proposed new rules that critics say could limit the free speech rights of some board members.

HART blamed state licensing delays, but the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs says there is no backlog.

But only a few have been repurposed. More than 600 have been cut up into green waste.

AG Anne Lopez warned the new rules as written would impose ‘impermissible’ restrictions on the free speech rights of some board members.

The rules would infringe on the rights of some rail authority board members to speak publicly about the massive rail project, according to the attorney general.

The Honolulu rail authority has upset The Outdoor Circle and area residents for cutting down kamani trees along the planned fixed guideway system.