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Senior Affordable rental housing project finally under construction in South Kihei

10/5/24  #kihei Liloa Hale Senior Rental project has commenced construction as you see here. Our Design Review Committee took a few looks at this affordable project for  seniors about five years ago and it received Council approval in 2020.    SEE https://gokihei.org/environment/kca-drc-hears-about-proposed-100-affordable-senior-rentals-in-south-kihei   There apparently were some challenges concerning financial matters which slowed the start down, but now we see...

Traffic jammed in central Kihei

9/25/24 #kihei #traffic 1:00 PM Wednesday afternoon. Bad collision? Wildfire? Flooding? Nope, just some minor restriping on a Pi‘ilani Highway intersection scheduled midday (not commuting times) jams South Kihei Road.  SEE https://gokihei.org/government/lane-closures-on-pi%ca%bbilani-highway-and-pikea-avenue-for-restriping-9-25-27-and-9-30-24 But this reinforces what are our community has been saying this century; WE NEED TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE!!!      

LANE CLOSURES ON PIʻILANI HIGHWAY AND PI‘KEA AVENUE FOR RESTRIPING 9/25-27 and 9/30/24

9/19/24 #kihei We reported a few days ago the in-process months long closure of the makai portion of Pi‘ikea Avenue:  https://gokihei.org/development-project-review/piikea-closed-until-april-2025 Now we have this short term closure at the mauka end at the highway. HDOT announcement: Kīhei, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises highway users that there will be lane closures on Piʻilani Highway (Route 31) and the county-owned Piʻikea Avenue in Kīhei from...

Candidate Forum with South Maui State Candidates 9/17/2024

9/17/2024 #kihei #elections #candidates At 630 PM on Tuesday evening, KCA president Char Schulenburg welcomed about 65 attendees at the Pro Arts Playhouse to the regular public general membership meeting with a brief series of announcements. One key one is the recurring information that a nominating committee has been established to begin the process of determining the 2025 Board of Directors. Interested applicants should complete and submit an application at...
Become a Honu Hero

Become a Honu Hero

  11/27/22 #kihei This is not a KCA action, but we like to support and promote local non-profits in our district who are doing good things, in this case the Maui Ocean Center (MOC) in Ma'alaea. This is the website summery:...

US Traffic Safety is Getting Worse

US Traffic Safety is Getting Worse

  11/6/2022 #kihei #traffic #safety Bloomberg News 11/3/2022: US Traffic Safety Is Getting Worse, While Other Countries Improve The rising rate of road deaths in the US continues to defy global trends. Here’s what traffic planners in other nations could teach...

Maui News Weekend Editorial Grades the State Dept of Education

Maui News Weekend Editorial Grades the State Dept of Education

10/8/22  #kihei While we have given them "F" every semester for past few years, here is what the editors of the Maui News had to offer: https://www.mauinews.com/opinion/editorial/2022/10/grading-the-doe/ Grading the DOE Some day, the state Department of Education...

How Kihei got Kamaole Point Park

How Kihei got Kamaole Point Park

  10/5/2022 #kihei #conservation #kamaole #buckjoiner Buck Joiner tells the story of how we got a beach park instead of a two-story shopping mall at Kamaole Point. From the time of The Great Mahele, 150 years, there was a 2 acre private property parcel between...

Stand Up For Kihei — Become a Board Member for 2023

Stand Up For Kihei — Become a Board Member for 2023

    9/30/22 UPDATE  So did you submit an application yet? There is still plenty of time, but do not get shut out. Get aboard the board! Apply here: https://gokihei.org/membership/kca-board-of-directors-application Questions here:  kca@gokihei.org...

Serious Pedestrian Injury on South Kihei Road

Serious Pedestrian Injury on South Kihei Road

  9/25/2022 #kihei #south-kihei-road #traffic #sidewalk The top photo shows KCA giving a tour of South Kihei Road in 2016 to the Director of Public Works to demonstrate the need for sidewalks. Maui Now reported today: Pedestrian suffers critical life-threatening...