A major contractor still working on the Honolulu rail project has gone back to court to try to collect $320 million it says the city owes in compensation for delays and other unexpected costs associated with construction of the project.
Hitachi Rail Honolulu JV on Monday filed a new version of its 2024 lawsuit against the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, alleging the city’s “gross mismanagement of the Skyline rail project caused countless delays and other errors” that cost Hitachi hundreds of millions of dollars.
The new suit states that when they were confronted with Hitachi’s initial claim for $320 million plus interest, HART staff offered to pay Hitachi about $8 million in damages. HART also reserved the right to seek about $22.5 million in liquidated damages from Hitachi for delays.
Hitachi filed a similar lawsuit late last year, but that suit was dismissed in August after a Honolulu Circuit Court judge ruled Hitachi had failed to complete all of the dispute resolution steps required under its contract with HART…