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Second event in the musical series at Kalama Park this evening 8/22/25

8/22/25 #kihei As these Friday evening presentations have been scheduled over  month ago, we respectively note that this same  evening in Wailuku is the candlelight service for Maui Officer O which was tragically shot and killed in the line of duty https://mauinow.com/2025/08/21/candlelight-vigil-set-for-fallen-maui-officer-suzanne-o-aug-22-at-wailuku-police-station/ https://gokihei.org/government/sunset-tunes-at-kalama-beach-park-in-kihei mm  

Transportation infrastructure in Kihei; We cannot seem to keep So Kihei Rd {SKR} open and can’t get Pi’ikea Rd opened.

  8-18-25 #kihei So we start the work week with Pi'ikea Rd still totally closed, and while SKR is open, construction limits a stretch to single lane alternate flow and as this continuous daily action for an indefinite period. Tomorrow the North end will be totally closed all day.   Meanwhile SKR continues with the daily (M-F} alternate single lane traffic flow in the area of Kulanihako'i Road                 mmmmmm...

South Kihei Road (SKR) in No. Kihei reopened (for now)

8/15/25  #kihei Although signage remained on SKR at intersections of Ohukai and Uwapo Thursday (8/14)   afternoon, officially it was totally opened, a week after the latest closure. But the road repairs are not pau, as the County plans to close it again next week. "South Kīhei Road will again be temporarily closed from North Kīhei Road to Ohukai Road from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, while crews complete paving of the remainder of the road. Traffic will be detoured onto...

South Kihei Road (SKR) remains closed between Ohukai and No Kihei Rd

  8/11/25 #kihei       On Monday morning a County crew continued performing the various needed tasks to mitigate the damage caused by kai flooding along SKR last week. No word from the County when this portion of SKR will reopen. Some wonder about the day when it will not reopen.    

Back on the road and cooler than ever

After a three month absense to repair an air conditioning problem, the "Double-Decker" Maui Bus is back on the road. It only serviced the route for a little over a month after the introduction before going out of service. We are hoping the restart lasts longer....

Central Maui Pedestrian & Bicycle Master Plan to 2030

Don Guzman UPDATE 10/23/13   Councilmember Don Guzman organized a "Kahului Community Town Hall Meeting" this evening at Lihikai School in Kahului to look at this plan. He welcomed representatives for Maui County DPW and NPAC.   This evening (5/25/12) at the...

Another Detour off South Kihei Road this Monday

UPDATE 10/25/13; Just when we thought the temporary roadwork causing closure of the vital street was concluded, we learn the very northern strip between Uwapo and NKR will be closed this Monday (10/28/13) from 8:00 AM to about 3:30 PM going north. Thus vehicles will...

State LUC makes decisions affecting So Maui

While we were unable to attend the State Land Use Commission (LUC) meeting last Thursday (10/17/13) held at the MACC in Kahului, we were able to get a first hand report on the decisions made. On item A10-787 Maui R & T Park, the LUC reclassified 253 acres of...

Kilohana Drive to receive some improvement .

UPDATE  10/19/13. Parking lot is now open while the roadwork continues. In answer to inqueries we had about "missing" trees, it is our understanding that about 15 Shower trees were removed in the last weeks on Kilohana Drive  as well as  some of the large Monkeypods...

County Council HHT Committee discussed animal related issues

11/1/13 UPDATE Now identified as bill 13-142, the full Council unamimously passed the Animal Control Bill for first reading, and is expect to become law before end of the year. 10/17/13: This morning council-member Stacy Crivello's Housing, Human Services and...

Community Meeting Oct 15, 2013

Tuesday's (10/15/13 )evening's final 2013 public community meeting followed a format KCA has not offered in at least two years. Guided by a overall general theme of South Maui volunteered groups, a diverse assembly of organizations each offered a short presentation on...

Concerned guys discuss clean air issues this afternoon

This afternoon (10/4/13) Maui Tomorrow Executive Director Irene Bowie hosted a conversation about air quality on Maui with Dr Lorrin Pang, the Maui County Health Officer; attorney and clean air advocate Christine Andrews ; South Maui State Representative Kaniela Ing...