The powers-that-be knew from the start that this Honolulu Rapid Transit Project's costs were grossly under-estimated. Even the Porter Report stated that Oahu could not afford both the rail costs and city services simultaneously.

Hear Caldwell in his own words in 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d6NLNROz68  But Kirk Caldwell, then Managing Director under Mayor Mufi Hannemann and Acting Mayor continues to push this project forward, through sheer force of intransigent governmental and bureaucratic powers.