Why Honolulu Hale Keeps Stealing State Appointees To HART
The difficulty finding qualified volunteers to fill board seats is another sign of the chaos that has plagued the troubled rail project.
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The difficulty finding qualified volunteers to fill board seats is another sign of the chaos that has plagued the troubled rail project.
She also expressed hope that an exception allowing welders from the mainland to work in Hawaii should enable key wheel and track fixes to begin soon.
Toby Martyn Resigns As HART Board Chair Amid Latest Rail Upheaval - Honolulu Civil Beat Toby Martyn Resigns As HART Board Chair Amid Latest Rail Upheaval The move comes as the board faces scrutiny for its questionable handling of two recent consultant contract awards. Reading time: 3 minutes. Toby Martyn is resigning from the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation board after serving as its chairman for nearly the past two years. HART made the announcement via press release Friday afternoon, simply stating that Martyn had decided to step down for “personal reasons.” Reached by phone...
Rail bond deal has financial ties to HART chair, but ethics body finds no wrongdoing Rick Daysog © Provided by Honolulu KHNL HNN File Image HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Ethics watchdogs are raising questions about a rail bond deal involving the firm of the rail authority’s board chairman. Popular Searches Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation board Chairman Toby Martyn is also a vice president and Honolulu general manager for Stifel Financial Corp. In January 2020, he voted with the majority of HART’s board to approve more than $292 million in rail bonds to ...
Former city employee named head of Honolulu rail project Follow Us Question of the Day HONOLULU (AP) - A former city official has been named interim leader of Honolulu’s rail project. The board of directors for the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation on Monday named Lori Kahikina as CEO, effective Friday. She’s the first woman and the first Native Hawaiian in the position, according to a statement from the transit system. “I am ready for the challenge of moving this important project forward,” she told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. “I commit to doing the best j...