Maui council measure would pause hotel building permits
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Maui Council Measure Would Pause Hotel Building Permits
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Plans for a fire station in Haiku are back on the table after stalling for more than a decade. Maui County is mulling four potential sites near areas with the highest concentration of calls. â The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo
After stalling for more than a decade, plans for a fire station in Haiku are back on the table, though with a potentially higher price tag than when it was first proposed.
Four sites are being considered within a 5-mile radius of Haiku’s highest concentration of calls for service: Site A near Hana Highway and Nahele Road, Site B near Hana Highway and East Kuiaha Road, Site C on East Kuiaha Road and Site D at North/South Holokai Road.
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The Marriott Maui Ocean Club in Kaanapali is pictured in August. A bill that proposes placing a moratorium on hotel building permits garnered early support from residents at a Maui County Council meeting on Friday, though others said it was the last thing Maui needed with the local economy reeling from the pandemic. The Maui News / COLLEEN UECHI photo
A proposal to place a moratorium on hotel building permits is garnering early support from residents who say it will help balance an unfettered industry that reached record numbers before the pandemic.
Others, however, say the moratorium is the last thing Maui needs right now since it would limit job growth and business during a time when the local economy is reeling from the pandemic.