Maui’s Dirty Dozen Land Development Projects Submitted by Anthony Pignataro on December 23, 2011 Land development has been big on Maui for many years, but we couldn’t help but notice that with the economy sluggish and tourism weak, it’s really big now. Back in August we gave you the barest outline of the 12 biggest […]
Victorino’s Repeal of Show Me the Water Tabled
Excerpted from Maui News A move to amend and perhaps sunset the Show Me the Water ordinance stalled in a Maui County Council committee on a 3-3 vote Tuesday. Water Resources Committee Chairman Mike Victorino at first said he would file the measure, but Council Member Mike White asked him to hold off, since the […]
State to Buy Land for Waikapu Park?
Excerpted from an article by Ilima Loomis Maui News The state would purchase 65 acres in Waikapu for a major new Central Maui park complex, under a proposal being discussed Friday by the Board of Land and Natural Resources in Honolulu. The state Legislature appropriated $9 million in bonds for the project earlier this year, […]
Waiale EIS
A final environmental impact statement has been released for A&B Properties’ 2,550-home, 545-acre development in Central Maui. The final documents can be found online at the state Office of Environmental Quality Control website. 2011-11-23-FEIS-Waiale-Volume1 2011-11-23-FEIS-Waiale-Volume2 According to the office’s Environmental Notice newsletter, project plans call for residential communities, including single-family and multifamily dwellings, to be […]
Council Delays Maui Island Plan Yet Again
From an article at Maui News County Council members decided unanimously Thursday to hold off from taking up the potentially controversial land use portion of the Maui Island Plan. Staff from the county Department of Planning made several changes to the bill before Thursday’s meeting, and those changes had not been posted in time for […]
Kahoma Housing Devel. Approved
From a Maui News article by Chris Hamilton The County Council approved resolutions Friday that allow the fast-tracked, 68-unit Kahoma affordable housing development to move ahead in West Maui. The vote was 7-2 on the nearly 17-acre project that will be mauka of Honoapiilani Highway and makai of the planned route for the Lahaina bypass. […]