HART is optimistic about the future of the Honolulu Rail Transit Project (the Project). Construction on the first 10 miles of the Project is complete and final testing is underway. Hopefully, that portion of the Project will be open to the public in early 2023. Construction of the next 5 miles of the Project, from Aloha Stadium past the Airport to Middle Street, is progressing well, with an anticipated completion in early 2025. The Project is ready to start moving into the “City Center segment”, which is the more congested areas along Dillingham Boulevard and through downtown Honolulu. Two separate utility relocations were recently awarded – one for the Dillingham corridor and the second from Iwilei through downtown to Cooke Street – and construction work will be underway soon (see separate FAQs about utility relocations). As the utility relocation work is completed, the rail guideway and station construction will begin in these areas. Due to an anticipated funding shortfall for the overall Project, HART submitted a 2022 Recovery Plan to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on June 3, 2022. The 2022 Recovery Plan proposes a truncated project scope with an interim terminus at the Civic Center Station, located at the intersection of Halekauwila Street and South Street, and a deferral of the Pearl Highlands Parking Garage. HART remains committed to completing the full scope of the project to the Ala Moana Transit Center in a subsequent phase of the project. HART is optimistic the Recovery Plan will be approved by the FTA.