From The Maui News By Chris Hamilton Department of Planning Director Will Spence said the most immediate and largest challenges ahead of him are finishing Maui’s master plan and streamlining the Planning Department. The Maui Island Plan is expected to be completed by the end of the year, county officials have said. And much of […]
More Coverage of Moloka’i Big Wind Meeting
Moloka’i Dispatch is reporting that jobs from Big Wind on Moloka’i will only be about ten or twenty local jobs and that virtually all the jobs created will go to imported mainland workers. Molokai Properties president and CEO Peter Nicholas reports that the State is talking about condemning his land to do the Big Wind […]
Big Wind Met with Resistance on Moloka’i
Moloka’i residents opposed to Big Wind took over Pattern Energy’s meeting on Moloka’i last night (June 21, 2011). According to one vehement I Aloha Moloka’i (IAM) participant: “Last night we had the first of 3 meetings with Pattern and Bio-Logical Capital. Maunaloa residents and IAM members took over a packed meeting in Maunaloa Town and […]
Another Scheme for Pumped Storage
The same California engineer who came up with what the Energy Coordinator for Maui County described as “the single worst idea we have seen in a long time” has now come up with another hydro scheme under yet another business name. Bart O’Keeffe is now proposing a pumped storage generation plant using reclaimed Lahaina Wastewater. […]
Come to the Maui County Council General Plan Meeting June 30th
GENERAL PLAN COMMITTEECouncil of the County of Maui Thursday, June 30, 2011 1:30 p.m. Council Chamber, 8200 South High Street, Wailuku, Hawaii GENERAL PLAN UPDATE (MAUI ISLAND PLAN: CHAPTER 2 (HERITAGE RESOURCES)) http://www.co.maui.hi.us/archives/201/gp110616.pdf The General Plan Committee of the Maui County Council will be updating/revising Chapter 2 (Heritage Resources) of the Maui Island Plan which […]
Kanaha Office Building Seeks to Fill In Wetlands
The activity proposed to take place in waters of the U.S. will involve permanentlyfilling 0.95 acres (41,149 sq. ft.) of jurisdictional wetlands. Read the Kanaha Medical Plaza Request to Fill Wetlands