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 […]
Save Honolua Concerned About Land Sale
By TAMARA PALTIN A lot has changed since the Save Honolua Coalition formed in 2007, but the mission remains the same: maintain open space, public access and revitalize the ecosystem of the Honolua ahupuaa through community-based management utilizing Hawaiian values and practices. SHC has been working with Maui Land & Pineapple Co. to care for […]
Auwahi EIS Comments: Mayer
1 April 6, 2011 From: Professor (Emeritus) Dick Mayer, To: Applicant: Auwahi Wind Energy LLC, 101 Ash St, HQ 14, San Diego, CA 92101 Attn: Joan Heredia (619) 696-1824 jheredia@sempraglobal.com Accepting Authority: County of Maui, Planning Commission / Department, 250 South High Street, Wailuku, HI 96793 planning@mauicounty.gov Attn: Joe Prutch, 270-7512 joseph.prutch@mauicointy.gov Consultant: Tetra Tech […]