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Maui Walking Tours celebrates 150th free walking tour with special Kīhei cleanup event

7/2/2015 #kihei #volunteer #mauiwalkingtours From Maui Now 5/28/2025: To celebrate its 150th free walking tour, Maui Walking Tours LLC will host a special community cleanup event in Kīhei on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Residents and visitors are invited to participate in the one-hour event, which will focus on removing trash from sidewalks, beaches and parks in central Kīhei. Since its launch in early 2024, Maui Walking Tours has provided complimentary, research-driven walking tours through the...

Different reason for flooding closing So Kihei Rd (SKR) in No Kihei this week

6/26/25 #kihei Earlier this week SKR was closed for several hours between Uwapo and No Kihei Rd (NKR). While the increasingly  frequent mudfloods of stormwater raging down the mountain are the usual reason, this time the water came up onto the roadway from the Kai's king tides. For some history on the months long road closure to install this stream gulch crossing, SEE  https://gokihei.org/development-project-review/south-kihei-road-to-be-closed-again   Much of the community...

Completed Skilled Health Facility in Lipoa ( R & T Park) has not opened for years due to no one available to staff it?

6/24/25 #kihei At the Maui Planning Commission meeting this morning, Mr.  Andre Hurst of Regency Namakua  offered that in his communication with the current owner, Ohana Pacific Health, due to a severe shortage of qualified potential employees, they remain unable to open this facility.  There seems to be no estimation on when this matter would be rectified . The facility has been complete for years, but remains vacant.                ...

Will they construct and OPEN a new hotel in LIPOA (R & T Park)??

6/20/25   #kihei For most of the past decade we have watched a "mystery" unfold at the Maui Research & Technology Park (renamed Līpoa). Before there was a brewery and a high school, right in that same area, a sign announced: "Regency Maui Nursing and Rehabilitation Center". It remained there for years, but then construction began at 1347 Ninau St, and a series of interconnected structures were built. Landscaping was completed, a roadway encircled the buildings. parking...
Maui MPO Policy Board Meeting Thursday

Maui MPO Policy Board Meeting Thursday

6/22/17 #kihei This morning we submitted testimony to the Maui Metropolitan Policy Organization (MPO) board on two items, both of which focused on the West side. Huh? Well the agenda identified them as West Maui, but our intent was to relate them both to the South...

WHAT ELSE is happening around Kulanihakoi River Gulch?

WHAT ELSE is happening around Kulanihakoi River Gulch?

6/24/17 Ask & you shall receive. The purple pipes have arrived UPDATE 6/21/17   Alpha continues the R-1 water line project. County DPW is exploring the work in the river gulch area as KCA files as RFS. ANOTHER UPDATE 6/17/17    #kihei We get...

UPDATE *****DRC examines new Central Kïhei Project this week.

UPDATE 6/27/17 #kihei We reviewed this project almost two years ago, and now they are s scheduled before the Maui Planning Commission this Tuesday June 27 at 9:00 AM in Wailuku SEE http://www.co.maui.hi.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/22926 Item C 2 If you have an...

Oneloa Coalition Meeting Thursday Afternoon

Oneloa Coalition Meeting Thursday Afternoon

6/8/17 # kihei Coalition members from several organizations (including KCA) met this afternoon in Maalaea, primarily to see what is up next for the Paniaka Fishpond Restoration stakeholders project. Paniaka fish pond is in the southern section of Oneloa (Makena...

MPO TAC works on interim long-range transportation plan

MPO TAC works on interim long-range transportation plan

6/8/2017 #kihei #mpo #planning The Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is responsible for prioritizing and planning transportation maintenance and improvements. Its Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) met for its monthly meeting today at the County Building...