The Hawaii Dept. of Transportation is taking the unusual step of paying millions of dollars to subcontractors left holding the bag after the main contractor was removed from the construction of a new cargo terminal at Honolulu International Airport. Transportation department officials plan to spend $10 million to pay as many as 47 subcontractors after the department removed Pittsburgh-based contractor dck from the terminal construction job in late 2015.
The two sides have been locked in a fierce legal battle since late 2015 over who is to blame for the halt in the air cargo terminal construction.