(AP) — The wheels don’t fit the tracks on Honolulu’s beleaguered commuter rail project. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Friday that the wheels of the train cars are too narrow for some sections of track that have already been laid on Oahu, and replacing them would make the cars too heavy, Replacing the tracks would hold up completion by at least a year on a project that has already been delayed several times and is massively over budget. The project is now expected to cost $12.4 billion and won’t be completed until at least March 2031. Officials are facing a $3.6 billion shortfall.

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