Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann announced today that the federal environmental impact statement (FEIS) has been released, reaching another major milestone for the Honolulu rail transit project. The mayor made the announcement in front of media and hundreds of supporters chanting “Go Rail Go” at Honolulu Hale.
“We Will Ride,” a youth group that supports the rail project, also attended the historic event.
Hannemann says they’ve collected 99.6% of the money needed to fund the rail. He says people need the jobs now and that west Oahu is in dire need of traffic relief.
“The studies we’ve been doing, the research we have been engaged in, the public meetings, the public input, all of that has reached this point where they’re saying the community, the economic the social impact and benefits of rail are good to go in the final environmental impact statement” said Hannemann.
