Category: Environment

Road repairs on South Kihei Road from January 2024 mud flood continue this week

  3/19/24 #kihei Yesterday morning a crew from the Highways Division of the Department of Public Works was at work on the makai side of South Kihei Road (SKR) just South of the Kūlanihāko‘i stream. This part of the roadway was washed away back in January and has had barricades in the bike lane of SKR ever since. Now about 2 months later we seem workers taking actions to fill this puka,...

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THE DESIGNER WHO’S TRYING TO TRANSFORM YOUR CITY INTO A SPONGE

  Sanya Mangrove Park is just one of many “sponge” projects in China, a way to work with water instead of fighting it.COURTESY OF THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION 3/15/2024 #urbanplanning #water From Wired March 15, 2024: The Designer Who’s Trying to Transform Your City Into a Sponge Kongjian Yu pioneered China’s “sponge city” concept—less concrete and more green spaces to exploit...

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Emergency Preparedness Workshop March 16 at 8am

3/13/2024 #kihei #emergency #preparedness #training From the UH CTAHR extension faculty: The UH CTAHR extension faculty is offering FREE Preparing Our Neighbors and Ohana (PONO) Emergency Preparedness Workshops for Maui county residents and the first one is this Saturday, March 16th in Kihei from 8-1pm at Kihei Charter School. Please get the word out to your friends and family as we still have...

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Need to Remove Debris from Kīhei Beaches

  2/19/2024 #kihei #beach #debris Guest post from Dr. Mary Trotto After the storm in January, piles of debris came down the mountain and ended up on our beaches in Kihei. Last year we had a similar event  and a similar dumping of upcountry debris on our beaches.  At that time, after a number of emails I was told that the State had jurisdiction over our beaches but there is an...

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It is a different source, but North Kihei gets yet more flooding

  2/8/24 #kihei North Kihei cannot get a break from flooding. At least this time the flooding is clean water, not the “mud flood” stormwater variety, but as it gushes over the road on to private property, you do not want it in your home.  And it wastes a lot of potable water when a major pipe bursts. The County has asked South Maui to conserve water for 24 hours due to the...

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Cesspool replacement plan for Maui Meadows

  1/26/2024 #kihei #mauimeadows #cesspool There is now an initiative to speed up the required transition away from cesspools in Maui Meadows for the sake of human and coral reef safety. The proposal involves the creation of a Community Facilities District and also government funding. For the proposal to take off, Maui Meadows residents must sign a petition for the Community Facilities...

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Major project proposed to protect Kīhei with green belts and firebreaks

1/16/2024 #kihei #fire #greenbelt #firebreak The Leeward Haleakala Resilient Landscapes grant proposal was submitted to the USDA Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program. These proposals haven’t been approved yet. The submitters are hoping to hear back from the funding entity in the Spring. This is the presentation provided at the KCA public meeting in November 2023.   This grant...

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Once again, North Kihei is flooded

        1/16/24 This morning,  once again, SKR was closed between NKR and Kulanihako’i due to renewed mud flooding. Kaonoulu was finally open last Saturday after several days of closure at SKR, but closed again  now with the surrounding infrastructure. 1/15/24   This afternoon, just North of the Whale Sanctuary, this beached boat was being...

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Public Works (DPW) working for public fire safety in Kihei

  1/3/24 #kihei UPDATE   At almost this same exact location, this could  have been yet another fireworks tragedy. Perhaps because of the brush abatement, the lack of wind,   quicker neighborhood actions, some luck or a combination of all of these. 12/31/23 was scorched earth and a damaged fence.  Once again firefighters lacked a key to the County gate at...

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Tuesday, March 19 - 6:30 pm
ProArts Playhouse, Azeka Makai
1280 S. Kihei Road

Meet Maui Mayor Richard Bissen

Among the topics to be discussed:

Flood Mitigation

Fire Prevention

The North-South Collector Road

As always, we will be collecting donations for the MAUI FOOD BANK.  They can stretch a dollar like no one else so checks sealed in envelopes are also welcome.

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