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Updated at 2:32 p.m., Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Mayor: Start transit work in Kapolei

By Mike Leidemann
Advertiser Staff Writer

Mayor Mufi Hannemann is recommending that a 20-mile route from East Kapolei to Ala Moana Center be the first part of the city's new transit line.

The recommendation means that other places along a proposed route— including Kapolei center, the University of Hawai'i-Manoa and Waikiki — would have to wait until later to be finished.

Hannemann Tuesday announced his choice for the line's "minimal operable segment," which he said would be completed by 2017. However, Hannemann said he hopes part of the first project will be operating by 2012.

Reach Mike Leidemann at mleidemann@honoluluadvertiser.com.