“The rising cost projections continue to be a major concern but we need accurate, updated information to make decisions about how to pay for the project that the voters supported,” Honolulu City Council Chair Ernie Martin said in a prepared statement.

If this weren’t such a huge burden on taxpayers, it would be funny that he says this now, given that just yesterday the council passed resolution 16-248 to support rail to Ala Moana and to look into “a permanent general excise tax surcharge.”