SAVE MAKENA! South Maui needs your help! TOMORROW, January 26th – 9am, Maui Planning Commission 250 S. High St. (downstairs room) We apologize for the late notice on this meeting. we have been working hard to gather information so that YOU may make your voices heard, armed with good, factual information. This project is only […]
Swinging Bridges Access Blocked
John G. Varel, the owner of the Waihe’e Valley Plantation, closed a gate at the entrance of his property – a road that has been used to access swinging bridges. Members of the Kamaunu ‘ohana say that they have used a road near that since prior to 1892, giving them the right to access. Wailuku […]
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 […]
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 […]
PATH Bring Court Case to Open Haleakala Trail
Public Access Trails Hawai’i (PATH) filed suit in January to force the State to take control of the Haleakala Trail and reopen it. According to PATH: Haleakala Trail, which runs from the top of Olinda to the Haleakala crater rim across lands owned by Haleakala Ranch and the National Park. The trail was the Hawaiian’s […]