Skyline’s Segment 2 opening on Thursday for public revenue service is also supposed to be a trigger for more federal funding to the city’s rail project, according to city officials.

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation is expecting $125 million in federal funds toward its ongoing rail construction. The agency derives almost 10% of its funding sources from the U.S. government. Since the federal government’s Oct. 1 shutdown, however, President Donald Trump has acted to suspend federal funds to mass transit projects across the United States.

So far, HART’s construction of its more than $10 billion rail project has not been targeted. But the Trump administration on Oct. 1 held up about $18 billion in federal funds for a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River, between New York Ci

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