The mayor is pleading with the FTA to extend the deadline to avoid losing $250 million in federal money.

Most of the drivers’ positive tests were attributed to factors outside of work. Three drivers, however, have filed workers’ compensation claims.

Fryzstacki also served on the HART board and had to deal with rail’s utility-relocation approvals.

City leaders and most HART board members want to cancel the public-private partnership process and start over.

It remains unclear how the move would impact the transit project’s federal funding.

Generally, the Honolulu mayor suggested building the line into downtown and then resuming construction to Ala Moana Center once the funding becomes available.

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Local officials have remained tight-lipped on what’s happening with the long-anticipated award for the project’s final leg.

Similar services, such as the DMV, remain closed under the mayor’s latest emergency order.

Federal highway officials cited safety concerns and the military’s access between Pearl Harbor and Kaneohe Bay for their denial but the state is proceeding regardless.