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Sand bags armor the shoreline in Kahana during an afternoon high tide in October. The Kahana Bay Steering Committee, which represents nine condo properties and one single-family kuleana parcel along the coastline, is proposing an erosion mitigation project that is estimated to cost between $26 million and $40 million. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Citing severe coastal erosion that puts public safety and infrastructure at risk, a group of Lahaina neighbors is proposing a multimillion dollar project that would gather offshore sand to expand Kahana Bay to about 65 feet similar to its width nearly a half century ago.
State officials aim to move parts of Maui road inland as seas rise
Waves wash onto Honoapiilani Highway on Maui..(Maui County)
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WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) Hawaii officials have proposed moving parts of a Maui coastal highway that experts say are among the roads most vulnerable to erosion and rising sea levels in the state, but some community members say the plan doesn’t go far enough.
The state Department of Transportation plans to spend $4 million moving two sections of Honoapiilani Highway in Lahaina about 12 feet (3.7 meters) inland. The department plans to start construction in the middle of next year, The Maui News reported.
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A stack of Young Brothers containers sits atop a barge in Kahului Harbor in July. Businesses on Lanai faced a shortage of produce and goods after weather delayed a regularly scheduled Young Brothers barge last Wednesday and a ârecovery bargeâ from Honolulu to Lanai days later. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
Pine Isle Market ran out of milk, and the Blue Ginger Cafe shut down its dinner service as a Young Brothers barge did not arrive as expected last week due to inclement weather and rough seas.
A “recovery barge” to make up for the lost trip last Wednesday also didn’t arrive on Lanai several days later as the weather forecast throughout the weekend indicated high surge and strong swells, Young Brothers said Monday.
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Maui Ocean Center aquarist Brandon Escareno pauses from his morning feeding duties to share a silent moment with sisters Skylin Keller, 5, and Evyana Keller, 2, of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Wednesday in Maalaea. The girls’ mom said the center’s Shallow Reef exhibit was a far cry from home where there was still snow on the ground when they left to come to Maui. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos A wave splashes on Honoapiilani Highway near the 13-mile marker in Ukumehame during a high tide in October last year. The state Department of Transportation is looking to move mauka two sections of highway in Ukumehame and Olowalu that are especially vulnerable to high tides and sea level rise.