Hitachi Rail Sues HART for $325MM+
Written by Jennifer McLawhorn, Managing Editor
(Photograph Courtesy of HART)
HONOLULU - Hitachi Rail has sued Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) over project delays.
According to the report in Island News, these delays take place in the Skyline project. HART’s Skyline Project is a 20-mile, 21-station project broken into several segments, as shown in the map below.
The formal complaint lodged by Hitachi Rail that claims HART’s “mismanagement of the skyline rail project has led to countless delays and other errors resulting in significantly increased costs for HRH in performing its design-build work and operations and maintenance services for the project.” Additionally, the complaint states that HART allowed track to be installed by another contractor “that was incompatible with the approved passenger vehicle wheel specifications that HART provided to HRH.” Subsequently, Hitachi Rail had to fix the issue without compensation. The complaint can be read in full below.
