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The City Council yesterday approved the locations of 34 transit stations along the planned 26-mile commuter rail route stretching from West Kapolei to the University of Hawaii-Manoa and Waikiki. The stops announced will include a stop within a five-minute walk of the future UH-West Oahu campus. Previous plans called for the stop to be in a commercial district, which would force students to make a lengthy walk.

The change in the location at the UH-West Oahu campus comes after the state and the city agreed to allow the new station and park-and-ride lot to be built on state land. The plan also allows UH and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop housing and commercial projects on a 105-acre state parcel fronting Farrington Highway and North-South Road.

The City Council also reopened the debate on the technology that will be used in the new transit system. Council members deadlocked last month in several votes on the technology issue. The systems looked at include steel rail, magnetic levitation and rubber tires. Mayor Hannemann favors steel and has said he will veto any bill that advances another technology.

The city hopes to begin construction on the $3.7 billion elevated commuter train late next year.