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, Martyn said he was busy picking up a friend from the airport and that he wouldn’t be available to discuss the matter later. He hung up when pressed for further details on his departure from Hawaii’s largest-ever public works project, whose cost has more than doubled in the past decade.
HART board chairman Tobias Martyn resigns, citing personal reasons
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Hanabusa Awarded $200k HART Consulting Contract - Honolulu Civil Beat
The 18-month contract comes after nearly half of HART’s staff was recently purged. Reading time: 3 minutes.
Former Hawaii Congresswoman Colleen Hanabusa is returning to Honolulu’s rail project, this time as an outside consultant to help the local rail agency’s board as it seeks to close the latest, multibillion dollar funding gap.
Hanabusa previously served as board chairwoman for the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, a volunteer post. On Tuesday, the agency awarded her an 18-month contract, valued at $216,000, to assist the board “in the development and implementation of short and long-term funding strategies” for the local transit project.
Honolulu Rail Project Is Left Without A Leader As HART Ousts Robbins - Honolulu Civil Beat
Honolulu Rail Project Is Left Without A Leader As HART Ousts Robbins
Major utility problems on Dillingham Boulevard and a failed P3 effort helped seal the fate of rail’s latest executive director. Reading time: 6 minutes.
The writing has been on the wall for a couple of months, but on Thursday the local board overseeing Oahu’s faltering rail transit project made it official.
The HART board will not renew Robbins’ contract when it expires Dec. 31. At their meeting Thursday, board members revealed they’re on the cusp of hiring an interim director who would replace him next month.