Exactly. We don't know why we have this "inverse" federal funding. The state paid 10% of H-3 project costs. 

On the other hand, the federal government pays a fixed $1.55 Billion for this Honolulu Rail and Honolulu ( which could include other islands eventually) pays the UNKNOWN balance of this ballooning antiquated rail costs.

The fiscal basis for the project was a hoax from the very start. 2012 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=4d6NLNROz68 How can any one trust this Mayor's credibility?
 
The marketing for the Rail was first about traffic decongestion, then jobs, then affordable housing. Now the cat is OPENLY out of the bag; it's about the projected "billions upon billions of dollars" from the Rail Transit Oriented Development that the politicians like Caldwell are drooling over. Caldwell said he's already talked with the "developers" but he can't give a good answer as to how much the rail would cost. But, he said to just round it to $10 Billion. EZ money :=)