Park projects would get $8.8 million, including: * $500,000 for the South Maui Infrastructure Community Park. * $950,000 for Wailuku Gym improvements. * $690,000 for Baldwin Beach Park improvements. * $430,000 for Kepaniwai Heritage Gardens improvements. * $500,000 for Lahaina Civic Center amphitheater improvements. * $150,000 for Wahikuli Beach Park pavilion improvements. * $350,000 for […]
Mayor Proposes Replacing War Memorial Complex
By Ilima LoomisThe aging War Memorial Gym complex and Coach Soichi Sakamoto Pool would be replaced with a major new sports arena and convention center, and the county would develop a new aquatics center in Kahului in a proposal by Mayor Alan Arakawa. The projects were announced Friday as part of the mayor’s $558.2 million […]
Proposed Kahului Airport Access Highway to Airport
Following is the view from Puunene Avenue toward the Kahului Airport of the proposed Phase 1 of the new highway up to Hana Highway. Phase 2 will go from Hana Highway to the Airport. At Hana Highway there will be an on-grade intersection with NO overpass. Notice Dairy road will bend into the highway next […]
Testimony Points Out Flaws in Olowalu EIS Facts/Assumptions
Sierra Club Maui Group Aug 7, 2010PO BOX 791180Pa’ia, HI 96779 To: State Land Use CommissionPO Box 2359Honolulu, HI 96804Attention: Dan Davidson Re: Comments on EISPN for Proposed Olowalu Town Master PlanTMK (2) 4-8-003: 84, 98-118 and 124 Aloha Kakou Sierra Club Maui Group has been tracking proposed developments at Olowalu since the first Ag […]
Letter to Ed: Giganta Mall Fails to Meet Legal Conditions
http://mauinow.com/2012/03/05/letter-giganta-mall-fails-to-meet-legal-conditions/ By Mark Hyde, retired attorney, Wailea The proposed Kihei Pi’ilani Promenade retail outlet shopping mall (“Mall”) was recently sprung on the community without notice or debate and presented as a “done deal,” allegedly based on approvals secured many years ago. The history of the project presents an entirely different picture. In 1994, the Kaonoulu […]
Olowalu Development EIS Comments Due Apr 14
The OEQC’s “Environmental Notice” has just announced the Olowalu Town EIS. 4. Olowalu Town Master Plan Draft EIS Volume I and Volume II Island: Maui District: Lahaina TMK: (2) 4-8-003:084, 98 through 118, and 124 Permits needed: State Land Use Commission District Boundary Amendment, Community Plan Amendment, Change in Zoning, Project District Phase I, […]