THE HONOLULU RAIL SLUSH FUND JUST GOT BIGGER.

 HOW MUCH YA GOT?  HERE YA GO, SPEND SOME MORE

House, Senate committees OK $250 million for Honolulu’s rail project
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2013/06/27/house-senate-committees-ok-250.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2013-06-27&u=sFWEmajCe4ilgYQC4JYNfHxz4vj&t=1372389251

THE WHITTLING BEGINS

 

 
Administration Will Spend $1.8B to Build 20-Mile Railroad in Hawaii

Rail: Honolulu Pays $5.5B, Orlando Gets Train for Free

American Maglev

City unveils smaller, less costly rail station

By Marcel Honoré / mhonore@staradvertiser.com
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 19, 2013
Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation CEO Dan Grabauskas made his remarks in Wai­pahu as he and other officials, including Mayor Kirk Caldwell, unveiled a miniature model of the West Loch station and announced new meetings for the public to weigh in on several of the stations that will dot a 20-mile elevated rail line.

Community feedback on the size and scope of Hono­lulu's future rail stations has helped save the project some $100 million in design and construction costs, the city's top rail official said Tuesday.

 

 

Rail Math Challenge: Plan to Boost Seats by running Half as Often Twice as Long (2/2=4?

Such a move would have 20 four-car trains running along the 20-mile route from East Kapo­lei to Ala Moana Center, instead of the planned 40 two-car trains. Hono­lulu Authority for Rapid Transportation officials say the switch would likely improve overall customer service — even with slightly longer wait times — and save millions of dollars in project costs.

  READ MORE:   http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesDailyNews/tabid/65/ID/9899/June-14-2013-News-Read.aspx

 

 

 

 MEANWHILE, back at the ranch:

Costs soar for upgrade

http://www.individual.com/storyrss.php?story=177785834&hash=fdb7d3cffcb713ff0e390b48541ee09a

Kristen Consillio
Jun 20, 2013 (The Honolulu Star-Advertiser - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --

 

The cost to convert to electronic medical records at the state's 14 public hospitals will likely exceed $100 million over five years, nearly double earlier projections.

Hawaii Health Systems Corp. says it will need to seek additional funds from the Legislature next year for the largest project in decades at its antiquated facilities that provide acute and long-term care as well as critical access services on Oahu and the neighbor islands.

 

 

 

Hawaii Health Systems to spend $28.7M on electronic records ...

www.bizjournals.com/.../07/.../hawaii-health-systems-to-spend-287m.ht...‎

• Cached
• Share
  View shared post

Jul 29, 2011 – Hawaii Health Systems Corp. said it has finalized a $28.7 million contract with Siemens Healthcare to implement an electronic medical records ...

Jul 29, 2011, 11:46am HST