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Updated at 3:42 p.m., Tuesday, October 14, 2008

City's rail transit plan is topic of St. Andrew forums

Advertiser Staff

Taka Kimura the principal structural engineer at the firm of Parsons Brinkerhoff, contractor for the Honolulu High Capacity Transit Corridor Project, will discuss the project at a meeting set for 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, at Tenney Theatre at the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, 229 Queen Emma Square at the corner of Beretania and Alakea/Queen Emma streets in Downtown Honolulu.

The meeting will be moderated by the Rev. Timothy W. Sexton, provost, the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew

Kimura will speak and answer questions on plans for the proposed rail transit system on O'ahu. The event is free, and the public is invited to attend and join the dialogue on rail transit.

The Honolulu High Capacity Transit Corridor Project is the rail transit "arm" of the Honolulu Department of Transportation Services. Parsons Brinkerhoff was contracted to create effective engineering plans for the project, and Kimura will talk with the audience about those plans and how they would impact daily life in our city and surrounding areas.

The Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew will continue its speaker series with Cliff Slater of Stop Rail Now at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22.