A Maui Planning Commission hearing officer has recommended denying the Grand Wailea, a Waldorf Astoria Resort’s applications for a planned development and special management area permits, which are needed for the luxury resort to complete its plan to add about 137 more units.
The future of public beach parking at Keawakapu in South Maui surfaces for consideration before the state Board of Land and Natural Resources on Friday.
The Maui Chapter of the Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers has selected the Keanae Road Safety Improvements project as the winner of its 2021 Project of t
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A site plan shows the proposed Wailea Resort SF-S Residential Project, which calls for 57 single-family residential units on 23.1 acres in Wailea. Unable to decide whether to accept the projectâs environmental assessment or require developers to do more a more extensive study, the Maui Planning Commission recessed its meeting on Tuesday and will take up decision making at its next meeting on May 11.
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Community members are calling for a 57-unit luxury condominium project in Wailea to undergo a longer, more in-depth study, especially with neighboring developments already built or on the horizon.
“Wailea expansion has not been kind to our Hawaiian history,” testifier Daniel Kanahele said during a Maui Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday.