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Multimodal Transportation in the South Maui District

5/3/26  #kihei Almost daily we hear community comments about the lack of transportation infrastructure in South Maui. Traffic jams on the Pi'ilani Hwy; why don't we have sidewalks? what happened to the North South Collector Road? I would bike ride if it was safe; buses that come once per hour have little value; we need a plan!   Almost six years ago there was an attempt at some proposals coordinated through the Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)  ...

South Maui Needs Shade Trees NOW

5/1/26  #Kihei#   There is that old expression  that offers the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.  Next best is NOW!  So we have the who (YOU!) the  what and the when. How about the where? Even the best tree planted in the wrong location may not work. "Right Tree Hawaii" can help with the where once you have the what. https://www.righttreehawaii.com/        

UPDATE 4/25/26 Will they construct and OPEN a new hotel in LIPOA (R & T Park)??

UPDATE  4/25/26      After years this completed but vacant facility is being utilized, at least temporarily. Hale Makua also helped Maui Health transfer 50 patients to a facility in the Kīhei Research and Technology Park that ‘Ohana Pacific Health, a sister company of Hale Makua, had been trying to sell. A wing of Maui Memorial has also been cordoned off for Kula patients. Fulton said Kula staff have also relocated to the facilities where their patients have gone.  ...

Kulanihako’i Stream Gulch

4/22/26 #kihei      

SOUTH MAUI REGIONAL PARK TO OPEN FRIDAY

What are you doing on Friday? If you have the morning off, after a late breakfast you can meander to the bright green patch makai of the Pi'ilani Highway in Central Kihei to hear the blessing of Kihei's newest park. The first phase of this long awaited regional park...

Kihei greenway/bike path grand opening?? on 7/30/11

Maui County has announced the opening ceremony for initial segment of the bike path/greenway next Friday 7/30/11 at 11:00 AM at intersection of Liloa and Pi'ikea in N Kihei. As you can see, the end segments at Lipoa ( South) and Waipuilani (North) seem almost ready....

Street Tree Committee Asks; County Administration Answers

Just one week after the KCA Street Tree Committee requested the board transmit a stong request to Mayor Arakawa for a needed action to restore the ground cover and irrigate the area around those notorius Monkey Pod Trees, now refered to as the Money Pod Quartet or...

Recap of “water” community meeting for 7/19/11

After opening announcements, County Planner Gina Flammer advised the membership about new proposed reulations regarding county short- term (less than 6 months) rental regulations. Next elected state officials  freshman Rep. George Fontaine and long term Senator Roz...

KCA Street Committee says, “Save da trees; Cover da Roots.”

KCA Street Committee says, “Save da trees; Cover da Roots.”

  The very active Street Tree Committee is already taking action, asking the administration to re-cover the exposed roots and irrigate those now infamous four Monkey Pod Trees on S Kihei Road to prevent damage. While the administration has readily agreed to cover the...

KCA meets with County Planning Department

KCA meets with County Planning Department

County Planning Director Will Spence and KCA President Jon Miller show mutual appreciation and respect after a July 7 meeting at the director's office in Wailuku with a heavy discussion of how the two entities can work together to improve the quality of Kihei's...