What do you want for West Maui? The Honoapi‘ilani Highway Improvements project (a collaboration between the Federal Highway Administration and the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation) is requesting public comment about the “Purpose and Need” section of the Federal Environmental Impact Statement required before the project can move forward to the next planning phase. With your […]
URGENT: YOUR EMAIL TESTIMONY IS NEEDED BY 12 NOON TOMORROW (FRIDAY, 2/18) TO PROTECT HONUA‘ULA
Please support citizen groups who want to be YOUR VOICE before a bad development plan is approved for 670 acres between Maui Meadows and Mākena Golf course. Let Maui Planning Commission know you support Maui Tomorrow and Ho’oponopono O Makena being allowed to intervene on the massive Wailea 670 /Honua‘ula development project as it seeks […]
COUNTY COUNCIL OVERRIDES MAYOR’S VETO, VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS MORATORIUM TO BECOME LAW
Congratulations Maui! The County Council has heard our voices, and has voted to override Mayor Victorino’s veto of Bill 148, the Visitor Accommodations Moratorium. This bill will now become law, and will stop approval of any new hotels, timeshares, short-term rental homes, and transient vacation rental units for two years, or until tourism management measures […]
ASK MAUI COUNTY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS MORATORIUM AND OVERRIDE THE MAYOR’S VETO!
On December 3rd, the Maui County Council passed Bill 148, which would establish a Moratorium on new Transient Accommodations on Maui, and pause further development of new hotels, timeshares, short-term rental homes, and transient vacation rental units, for two years or until tourism management measures are implemented. A moratorium would give us time to address Maui’s […]
Court Invalidates Environmental Assessment for Wailea Luxury Housing Project
Judge Rules that Developer Cannot Separately Evaluate Projects Comprising the Remaining 135 Acres of Wailea Hoʻoponopono o Mākena, Maui Tomorrow Foundation, and Sierra Club of Hawai‘i prevailed today in their lawsuit in Maui’s Environmental Court. Maui Circuit Court Judge Kirstin M. Hamman invalidated the Maui Planning Commission’s approval of an environmental assessment for the Wailea […]
Please Testify to Stop Overtourism on Maui!
OVERTOURISM IS RAISING HOUSING PRICES AND HURTING MAUI’S QUALITY OF LIFE! The Maui Island Plan calls for a maximum of one visitor for every three residents in order to protect the quality of life on Maui. Tourism growth has far exceeded that limit. In order to fix this, we need to stop the building of […]