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Do you know what the heck this new empty building is up mauka of the Highway on Lipoa???
4/13/24 #kihei Regency Maui Nursing and Rehabilitation Center or “Maui Memory Care” For about a decade we have been asking, and numerous guys have been asking us, what is up in the Research & Technology (R & T) Park at this facility which now seemingly has completed construction. Do you know? Have information? You can see some history here in this KCA post from...
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What do you know about the Pacific Disaster Center?
4/7/24 #kihei #pacificdisastercenter Were you aware that this world wide operation is based right here is central Kihei? Winner of the 2022 United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction, the University of Hawai’i’s Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) is a global leader in the application of life-saving disaster management science, early warning technology, and advanced analytics. At...
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Work underway filling the puka on South Kihei Road just North of the “temporary bridge” spanning Kūlanihāko‘i Stream
4/6/24 #kihei While there was not anyone or any indication of the project at the announced start time of 7:00am today, checking back at 9:00am, it was all go. This may be the final segment of making South Kihei Road (SKR) functional after all the flood damage- until the next time. The project is scheduled for three days, continuing until Monday. Vehicles were detoured from SKR at Kaonoulu...
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We are doing something about cesspools in South Maui, but it is a statewide problem
3/30/24 #kihei Our KCA Infrastructure & Transportation committee (ITC) has spent months on actions to mitigate the cesspool problem in our district, particularly in Maui Meadows: But this opinion piece in Civil Beat takes a wider view looking at the issue State-wide:
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Road repairs on South Kihei Road from January 2024 mud flood continue this week
UPDATE 3/19/24 #kihei We swung by this afternoon, & with no one working there, we are guessing the action is pau. 3/19/24 #kihei Yesterday morning a crew from the Highways Division of the Department of Public Works was at work on the makai side of South Kihei Road (SKR) just South of the Kūlanihāko‘i stream. This part of the roadway was washed away back in January and has had...
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Why can’t we get the North South Collector Road across Kihei or just in North Kihei?
3/17/24 HAPPY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY! Do we need the luck of the Irish to get the missing segments constructed? While the North-South Collector Road (NSCR) plan addressed in the 1998 community plan was to extend across the entire Kihei sub area, we are just examining the next two phases between Waipuilani and Ka‘ono‘ulu. For over a decade various County...
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Will THIS help with the mudfloods in North Kihei?
UPDATE 3/7/24 This morning the Council’s WAI committee unanimously approved this action, so it moves onto the full council, Following some of our testimony, panel obtained some clarification. The debris removed will not be tested, and will be delivered to Kaonoulu Ranch lands mauka the highway. a reasonable distance from the stream,...
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UPDATE 2/09 ROAD OPENED!! with the North Kihei mud flooding?
2/09/24 OPENED THIS AFTERNOON As we watched & reported for weeks, it seemed apparent that this week ,with a large DPW crew with heavy equipment in action, that soon it would have that single spot repair completed, and the road opened. For weeks most days no one was working there, but after about three weeks, the segment of the road is open. ...
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It is a different source, but North Kihei gets yet more flooding
2/8/24 #kihei North Kihei cannot get a break from flooding. At least this time the flooding is clean water, not the “mud flood” stormwater variety, but as it gushes over the road on to private property, you do not want it in your home. And it wastes a lot of potable water when a major pipe bursts. The County has asked South Maui to conserve water for 24 hours due to the...
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Once again, North Kihei is flooded
1/16/24 This morning, once again, SKR was closed between NKR and Kulanihako’i due to renewed mud flooding. Kaonoulu was finally open last Saturday after several days of closure at SKR, but closed again now with the surrounding infrastructure. 1/15/24 This afternoon, just North of the Whale Sanctuary, this beached boat was being...
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Public Works (DPW) working for public fire safety in Kihei
1/3/24 #kihei UPDATE At almost this same exact location, this could have been yet another fireworks tragedy. Perhaps because of the brush abatement, the lack of wind, quicker neighborhood actions, some luck or a combination of all of these. 12/31/23 was scorched earth and a damaged fence. Once again firefighters lacked a key to the County gate at...
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KCA in 2024 kicks off the new year with an old topic – New housing for current residents
12/31/23 #kihei HAPPY NEW YEAR On January 16. that familiar “third Tuesday of the odd month,” our first membership meeting for 2024 will introduce the newly elected officers of the Board of Directors. Tuesday, Jan. 16 – 6:30 pm at our new home, ProArts Playhouse Azeka Makai, 1280 S. Kihei Road The focus is on Major Housing Developments in South Maui. We will...
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Kihei Community Association
P.O. Box 662
Kihei, HI 96753