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South Kihei Road Sinkhole Requires Immediate Action

5/12/2026 #kihei #konastorm #flooding #sinkhole #roadrepair The Kihei Community Association is raising serious concern about the lack of visible progress on repairing the sinkhole that has forced the closure of South Kihei Road near Kamaole II. South Kihei Road is not a minor connector — it is a critical transportation artery used daily by more than 25,000 residents, workers, and visitors. Its prolonged closure is already straining Piʻilani Highway, increasing emergency response times, and...

Despite A Death And Damage, Maui Stalls On Chronic Kīhei Flooding Hononlulu Civil Beat 5/7/26

5/8/26 #kihei   Residents remain frustrated by the county’s lack of progress in addressing the decades-long problem facing the burgeoning South Maui town. ByCaitlin Thompson,Erin Nolan/ May 7, 2026   https://www.civilbeat.org/?p=1776267&utm_source=Civil+Beat+Master+List&utm_campaign=c4237ac5ba-        Mahalo to this wahine duo for talking with KCA directors on this vital topic  

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/        
Helping to Reduce Danger for Our Endangered Ocean Creatures

Helping to Reduce Danger for Our Endangered Ocean Creatures

8/9/18 #kihei    OK, by now we are aware of the overwhelming dangers of plastic debris in our oceans.  There are ever-growing monstrous garbage patches and creatures in near-by waters which are caught in deadly entanglements. We seem to hear even more...

NO LEFT TURN  coming soon to Welakahao      Maui News report

NO LEFT TURN coming soon to Welakahao Maui News report

3/26/18 #kihei  Maui News report today  Work to close ‘tricky’ left-hand turn in Kihei to begin Monday Van driver’s left turn onto Piilani Highway led to a double-fatal crash   JUL 26, 2018 MELISSA TANJI Staff Writer mtanji@mauinews.com A handmade sign...

Sand removal- the good, needed kind- on SKR

Sand removal- the good, needed kind- on SKR

  7/26/18 #kihei If you ever drive, bike, walk, run, push a stroller, skateboard or move along on the northern portion of South Kihei Road (SKR) you know about the wind-blown sand on the roadway. It happens continuously and is unstoppable. It can be annoying...

ACTUAL preparation work on high school underway in Kihei

ACTUAL preparation work on high school underway in Kihei

7/25/18 #kihei Yes. It really has finally begun. We see actual equipment and workers at the site of the State Department of Education (DOE) high school!! If you are not familiar with the Kihei high school project, or perhaps since it has been going on for so long, you...

What’s New, Maui  Lu? Redo

What’s New, Maui Lu? Redo

What do these markers indicate along shoreline at Maui Lu? 7/24/18 #kihei  The mystery of the future of the Maui Lu, a former resort property in north Kihei near Kalepolepo park, continues. Comments of start days have gone on for years, but no action takes place....

Not Only South Maui Sees Great Need for High School  in Kihei

Not Only South Maui Sees Great Need for High School in Kihei

Maui High Principal Talks Overcrowding 7/21/18 #kihei #school #highschool As we see construction of the new Charter School up in the R & T Park ready to welcome students next month, the State Department of Education (DOE) fiasco on the same side of Pi'ilani Hwy...

Gridlock hits Kihei early Friday Afternoon

Gridlock hits Kihei early Friday Afternoon

Deadly vehicle collision closes Pi'ilani Highway UPDATE   Highway was open shortly after 5:00 PM 7/20/18 #kihei A motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Pi'ilani Highway and Welakahao Road shut down Pi'ilani Highway,...