From a Maui News article by Chris Hamilton The County Council approved resolutions Friday that allow the fast-tracked, 68-unit Kahoma affordable housing development to move ahead in West Maui. The vote was 7-2 on the nearly 17-acre project that will be mauka of Honoapiilani Highway and makai of the planned route for the Lahaina bypass. […]
Mayor Arakawa County on Your Corner
Mayor Alan Arakawa will hold a “County on Your Corner” meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Piilani Village Shopping Center.
Victorino’s Repeal of Show Me the Water Delayed
From the Maui News The County Council Water Resources Committee heard public testimony Tuesday on proposed changes to the “Show Me the Water” ordinance, but the panel deferred action. Committee Chairman Mike Victorino has called for changes to the ordinance that has required developers to show they have water available for project plans. Victorino’s proposed […]
Maui Island Plan: Land Use Chapter Under Attack?
At the December 1st meeting, the General Plan Committee will be making decisions on the Maui Island Plan, Land Use Chapter (chapter 7). The Maui Island Plan is a co-creation between the community & local government. The drafting of the Plan has been an involved process spanning several years. ★The Land Use chapter sets policy […]
Maalaea Cleanup to Keep Trash out of the Ocean
Cleanup volunteers needed December 3, 2011 8am
meet under volunteer sign in tents at the Maui Ocean Center parking lot (nearest to the Carls Jr side)
PUC to MECO: Allow More Solar
HECO, along with Maui Electric Co. and Hawaiian Electric Light Co., had set a 15 percent threshold for the amount of solar power that could be put on a single circuit during peak load. Individuals and businesses seeking to install PV systems that would breach the 15 percent threshold were required to conduct a costly […]