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County Budget Survey-Send your feedback

3/31/2025 #kihei #mauicounty #survey Council member Nohelani U'U-Hodgins sent a letter on March 27 with a link for all Maui residents to submit THEIR input on County priorities and pressing needs. The deadline is April 11 so make your voice heard!! Here is the link: community budget survey Here is the entire letter: Aloha mai kākou, This week, the Maui County Council received the FY2026 Mayor’s Proposed Budget, marking the start of a new budget season. As we begin this important process, I...

Testify in support of protecting Kihei’s wetlands

3/28/2025 #kihei #wetlands #flooding A message from our South Maui representative in the House of Representative, Terez Amato:   In Kihei we have had 3 once in 100 year floods in the last 5 years, with millions in damage and even loss of life. 50 years of development on wetlands in Kihei can't be undone with a magic wand, but protecting wetlands is an important part of our comprehensive strategy to protect our reefs and to mitigate threat from future flooding events. I have introduced...

Affordable Housing in South Maui

What is an “Affordable House?” Good question. The South Maui Community Plan champions the idea that affordable housing is no more than 30% of a household budget. Any more than that, and you are considered rent or home burdened. However, in Hawaii, affordable housing is based off of the “AMI.” Which is Average Median Income, which is currently $97,000. After taxes, a 97,000 income is about $6400 a month. Households making this much can afford (after taxes) a rent or mortgage payment of $2000...
Update on South Kihei Road repair as of 2/13/25

Update on South Kihei Road repair as of 2/13/25

2/13/25 #kihei Update on repair between Kulanihāko‘i Stream and Wailana Place It is now two weeks since the storm, which resulted in two segments of the south-bound lane of South Kihei Road collapsing again.  County Public Works (DPW) has attacked these matters,...

The Battle For Roads and Infrastructure

The Battle For Roads and Infrastructure

02/13/2025  #kihei #southmauivoiceteam #SMVT #housing We need your help! Read on and also follow the link at the bottom. Kihei, if you don’t know, has a development problem. Not that development is bad. People want to move here like most of us did and we also need...

South Maui Transportation Infrastructure in this century

South Maui Transportation Infrastructure in this century

2/10/25 #kihei #transportation #roads When the Kihei-Makena Community Plan (KMCP) became County law in 1998 calling for a walkable/bikeable South Maui district, our resident population was smaller, we had fewer visitors, the Pi‘ilani Hwy was a 2 lane road with...

South Maui Community Plan Concerns

South Maui Community Plan Concerns

2/10/2025 #kihei #smcp #planningdepartment #mpc The 9am Maui Planning Commission meeting on February 18 may be the last one to review the land use designations for South Maui. Testimony will be limited to a maximum of three minutes. To watch the meeting or provide...

So Maui affected by “annual ” mud floods

2/8/25 #kihei Report in Maui Now  By Colleen Uechi February 9, 2025 · 7:06 AM HST Hawai‘i Journalism Initiative   With massive flooding in Kīhei wreaking havoc every winter, community wonders: When will things change? By Colleen Uechi February 9,...

Future location of key segment of North-South Collector Road

Future location of key segment of North-South Collector Road

1/28/25 #kihei Currently we are seeing countless truckloads of decades long accumulation of sediment being hauled from the Kūlanihāko‘i Stream gulch onto Kenolio via the North-South Collector Road (NSCR) corridor. Contractor PB Sullivan is continuing this long needed...

Where Will the Water Come From?

Where Will the Water Come From?

1/21/2025 #kihei #southmaui #water #meeting Lucienne de Naie explained where water to South Maui comes from and what the limitations are to future consumption. Rob Weltman described the water-related policies adopted by the Community Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC) for...

1/12/2024 #kihei #coral #reef #environment The business case for saving coral reefs A growing body of research shows the nation’s coral reefs protect $1.8 billion in economic assets each year and should be protected for our sake and their own. Grist Jan 06, 2025 Emily...