“BAIT & SWITCH” PROJECTS IN NORTH KIHEI A Southern California developer plans to convert 68 acres mauka of Pi’ilani Highway at the intersection with Kaonoulu Street into two Mega Malls, described by the developer as soon-to-be the largest outlet malls in the state of Hawaii, exceeding 700,000 square feet of retail space coupled with acres […]
Letter to Editor: Olowalu Subdivision Problems
By Gordon Crocket writing in the Maui News Letters section: Development of Olowalu will increase problems West Maui already has. Already entitled projects will more than meet expected housing needs and are closer to jobs and existing infrastructure. These developers propose to add 1,500 units with many hundreds of additional ohanas that will generate 3,000 […]
Oluwalu EIS Comments Due
OEQC BULLETIN CORRECTION http://oeqc.doh.hawaii.gov/Shared%20Documents/Environmental_Notice/current_issue.pdf Olowalu Town Master Plan Draft EIS – In the March 8, 2012 issue of The Environmental Notice, page 4, OEQC incorrectly listed the 45-day comments due date for the Olowalu Town Master Plan Daft EIS as Saturday, April 21, 2012. The correct comment deadline date for this project is Monday, […]
Continued Waiale Project Hearings
Hearing to continue over Waiale project KAHULUI – The state Land Use Commission will continue its hearing on A&B Properties’ Waiale project in a meeting Wednesday. The panel will meet at 10 a.m. in the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Alexa Higashi Meeting Room. A&B has applied to reclassify 545 acres in Wailuku and Waikapu […]
Haleakala Telescope Hearings Officer Fired
A controversial solar telescope atop Haleakala suffered a setback Thursday when the hearing officer was fired and his recommendation to approve the project was thrown out by the Board of Land and Natural Resources. The board ruled that Steven Jacobson had inappropriate discussions with outside parties to the case — ostensibly, Sen. Daniel Inouye’s office […]
Waiale Public Testimony
– 545 acres to be made “Urban” – 2,550 housing units – Waiko Rd. Industrial Zone is in the middle of Waiale – Maui Island Plan Urban Growth Boundary not yet approved – Plan has changed since the version that was agreed to in GPAC @ Land Use Commission PUBLIC TESTIMONY: 10am next Wednesday, April […]