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Preliminary work has begun on a 324-acre luxury development in Opihihale, South Kona, just north of Miloliʻi. Community opposition is growing over concerns that the development doesn’t align with county plans, current zoning, or the vision of the surrounding local community. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
Resort zoning in the small coastal community of Keaukaha on Hawaiʻi Island is nothing new, appearing on county land use maps for the area since the 1970s. But a recent proposal for a luxury eco-resort along the shoreline has residents questioning the decades-old zoning designation. In the second part of her series on the reaction to the proposed resort, HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi looks at what solutions are being considered.