HART Agrees to Pay Nearly $60 Million to Settle a Lawsuit Over Construction Delays

The board overseeing Honolulu rail construction agreed Thursday to pay an additional sum of $59.9 million to one of the transit project’s largest contractors, Shimmick/Traylor/Granite Joint Venture, to settle that venture’s lawsuit over expensive construction delays plus any other remaining claims.

With the settlement, the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation hopes to resolve once and for all the costs associated with long-standing utility relocation problems near the Honolulu airport. STG had sought at least $99 million in the suit it filed this past summer.

The rail agency also aims to set the final price at $990 million for STG to build just over five miles and four stations of the Skyline rail. Originally, STG was awarded in 2016 a nearly $875 million contract to build that segment, running from Aloha Stadium to Middle Street.

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