The original 2008 agreement between HECO, First Wind and Castle & Cooke allows each company to build a 200 megawatt (MW) wind farm on Lanai and Molokai, respectively, as a part of the state’s renewable energy program. The agreement also states that one wind developer can complete a larger project encompassing both islands should the […]
Send EIS Comments on Iao Stream Fix
Comments can be submitted through May 9 to be included in an environmental impact statement being prepared for a project to correct a design deficiency that has led to major erosion in the Iao Stream flood control project in Wailuku. The fixes in the project, designed to reduce flood risk to Wailuku, would cover 2 […]
Mayor on Public Access Trails at PATH meeting
Mayor Alan Arakawa will speak on public access issues Tuesday afternoon during the launch of a speakers program by Public Access Trails Hawaii, a hikers’ group that has filed a lawsuit to reopen a horse trail formerly used to reach Haleakala Crater. The event will start at 4:30 p.m. at the Kaunoa Senior Center. The […]
PATH Wants to Re-Open Haleakala Trail
Probably one of the most historically important trails on Maui is also probably the one least known and is certainly the one most at risk of never being walked on by the public again. Haleakala Trail runs from the top of Olinda to the Haleakala Crater rim across land owned by Haleakala Ranch and the […]
Kahului Airport Plan Meeting
A public meeting on the Kahului Airport master plan update is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 19 at the Kaunoa Senior Center in Spreckelsville. The update will assess the capacity of existing airport facilities and determine if they are adequate to meet future demands. The state Department of Transportation also is preparing the […]
Abercrombie: Eminent Domain for Moloka’i Wind Farm
In an internal memo, Pacific Business News is reporting that Governor Niel Abercrombie is willing to have the state confiscate the land if the owner of Molokai Ranch tries to stand in the way of a proposed 200-megawatt wind farm on Molokai. Steve Morgan of the Moloka’i Dispatch suggests benefits that could be negotiated for […]