Public Input Sought for Skyline Rail Stations

As construction on the Skyline rail continues, the public has the opportunity to offer input on the preliminary designs of the Mokauea, or Kalihi, and Niuhelewai, or Kapālama, stations.

The Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART), and Tutor Perini Corp., it’s contractor for the city Center guideway and Stations, will host a neighborhood design workshop for the new stations from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11 at King David Kalākaua Middle school cafeteria, 821 Kalihi St. in Honolulu.

This is the first of two workshops planned for these stations. Attendees will have the chance to speak wiht project representatives, ask questions, and provide feedback on the preliminary station designs, according to HART, the public transit authority leading the planning and construction of the Skyline rail transit system for the City and County of Honolulu.

“The CCGS Station Neighborhood Design Workshops are a valuable community engagement forum to solicit feedback from the public and answer their questions related to the preliminary design of the stations,” HART Executive Director and CEO Lori Kahikina said in a statement provided to Aloha State Daily. “The foundational and structural elements of the six stations in Segment 3 have been determined, but the designs are still in a preliminary phase, about 30% complete.”

“HART is hosting two Neighborhood Design Workshops for each station,” she continued.”They began in June and will continue through spring 2026. We encourage the public to continue providing input on aesthetics at these workshops.”

Ground broke last month at the future site of the Ka’ākaukukui, or Civic Center, station in Kaka’ako for the next phase of the project, the city center guideway and stations.

The CCGS project includes the construction of nearly three miles of elevated guideway.