Options to turn the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation into a permanent agency, and potentially expand its mission to construct things other than the city’s more than $10 billion Skyline project, appear to be coming down the tracks.

HART, which is set to end as a semi-autonomous city agency in 2031, currently oversees the design and construction of Skyline from East Kapolei to Kakaako.

To that end, HART recently advanced the rail line project further east: it’s engaged the Segment 3 contractor, Los Angeles-based Tutor Perini Corp., to conduct $53.2 million in additional design work that’s meant to extend Skyline to Ala Moana Center.

In August 2024, HART awarded a $1.66 billion contract to Tutor Perini to design and build the rail’s last 3-mile segment, and the City Center Guide

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