Maalaea Condo Maalaea project’s EIS ready for review The developers of a proposed 949-unit residential community at Maalaea have submitted their draft environmental impact study for public comment. The $400 million Maalaea Mauka would cover 257 acres of former sugar cane land classified by the state and county as agricultural. The project would be mix […]
Ethanol Craze Cools As Doubts Multiply
Claims for Environment, Energy Use Draw Fire; Fighting on the Farm The Wall Street Journal November 28, 2007 By LAUREN ETTER Little over a year ago, ethanol was winning the hearts and wallets of both Main Street and Wall Street, with promises of greater U.S. energy independence, fewer greenhouse gases and help for the farm […]
Maui County 2030 General Plan Update
SPRING 2007 DRAFT COUNTY-WIDE POLICY PLAN SECTION IV. GOALS, OBJECTIVES & POLICIES As part of the effort to develop this Countywide Policy Plan, the County of Maui supported and conducted a number of public participatory workshops. The intent of those workshops was to establish a broadly held consensus about the preferred future of the community. […]
Draft Maui Plan as of 2007
Here is the Draft of the Maui Island Plan that will be reviewed by the Maui General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC). On the maps, note that the red lines around several of the urban communities are the proposed "Urban Growth Boundaries". You can go also directly to the County web site to get the active […]
2007 Development Maps
Click here to download a PDF document that is a list of the committed, designated, and proposed developments in each of the six community plan districts of Maui Island. The list can also be found at: http://www.co.maui.hi.us/DocumentView.asp?DID=8290 NOTE: The numbers given are actually underestimates of the potential units, since the list is incomplete in the […]
Groups Seek to Restrict Water Diversions
Maui News Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006 HONOLULU – Two Maui groups have filed a petition with the state Commission on Water Resource Management urging the commission to designate the Wailuku watershed to restrict water diversions by Wailuku Water Co. and Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. The petition filed Wednesday by Earthjustice for Maui Tomorrow Foundation […]