Developer Stanford Carr plans to build the mixed-use Kehalani Village Center slated to add 200,000 square feet of Wailuku commercial space. The plan was approved ten years ago as part of the Kehalani overall development where about half (1,200) houses have already been built. The planning Department will have to approve the revised plans. This […]
SB120 to Take Money from Land Conservation Fund
SB120, f passed would reduce the distribution of a portion of the conveyance tax to the Land Conservation Fund. Argument in favor: The State needs money. Argument against: Frequently it’s assumed that environmental protection is a luxury, expendable in times of economic distress. This is false. The funds designated to Legacy Land Conservation (LLC) have […]
P.A.T.H. Asks County for List of Public Right of Ways
Members of Public Access Trails of Hawaii appealed Tuesday to Mayor Alan Arakawa to provide an inventory of county roads, trails and accesses for public use. Arakawa said the county could produce a list of public roads and trails, but it also would need to include rules and warnings about accessing such areas. Read more […]
Send EIS Comments on Iao Stream Fix
Comments can be submitted through May 9 to be included in an environmental impact statement being prepared for a project to correct a design deficiency that has led to major erosion in the Iao Stream flood control project in Wailuku. The fixes in the project, designed to reduce flood risk to Wailuku, would cover 2 […]
Mayor on Public Access Trails at PATH meeting
Mayor Alan Arakawa will speak on public access issues Tuesday afternoon during the launch of a speakers program by Public Access Trails Hawaii, a hikers’ group that has filed a lawsuit to reopen a horse trail formerly used to reach Haleakala Crater. The event will start at 4:30 p.m. at the Kaunoa Senior Center. The […]
PATH Wants to Re-Open Haleakala Trail
Probably one of the most historically important trails on Maui is also probably the one least known and is certainly the one most at risk of never being walked on by the public again. Haleakala Trail runs from the top of Olinda to the Haleakala Crater rim across land owned by Haleakala Ranch and the […]