Totally support workforce housing! Much needed. But major Red Flags with Kuikahi Village. My questions:
1)Traffic mess on Kuikahi Drive with only this ONE road accessing this project. Why?! Other new neighborhood projects in Wailuku built smarter, with multiple access to Honoapi'ilani Highway. 2400 homes in Kehalani development, and we're adding more to this traffc intersection at Honoapi'ilani Highway?
2) Hello, Schools? Have traffic and capacity levels for Wailuku schools been addressed? Those issues already exist. Are we ready?
3) Won't commercial development in Kuikahi Village bring in even more traffic to this roadway?
4) Is that all the open green space and parks allotted for 204 homes, most likely many with children?
5) Can the density be spread to the large parcel of land being developed rather than bunched up on 15 acres on Kuikahi Drive?
6) The big elephant in the room: Water? Now and in the future?
Stats: Kehalani project: 2400 homes, Another1400 homes already approved for Waikapu. Legacy Wailuku apartments :324 units (directly across highway from Kuikahi Dr). Plus, large projects elsewhere on Maui... Droughts are more extreme. Climate research has shown a drop in fresh water in Hawaii over last century. Should we prioritize and be concerned?
YES TO WORKFORCE HOUSING! This one though, needs REWORKING!
Mahalo nui loa County Council, for your hard work and careful consideration.
I am a homeowner in proposed area. I do see a need for affordable housing but unsure of the location for a few reasons below:
This is due to the overwhelming traffic and school overcrowding. The developers require to do more extensive environmental Impact Study. (EIS).
In addition, please open this up to the public so they can have public involvements. Please do a study of the nearby residents of: Waikapu, Wailuku Heights, Kehalani, and Waikapu. As they will be greatly affective.
In my opinion, the traffic impact is greatly underestimated and will create gridlock or dead lock at peak hours. Motorist will not be able to commute to and from work on a timely matter. Unless the DOT has future plans of widening Honoapiilani. There also a need for more Multimodal mode of transportation. There is no sidewalk on the Mauka side Honoapiilani Highway. Multiple deaths and crash happen along the Intersection of Kuikahi Road and Honoapiilani highway. This needs to be address during the design phase of this affordable housing project.
Although here on Maui we have a shortage of housing, let alone affordable, I have an objection to this project, the lack of government foresight. It's just like government to allow a development like this in a vacuum. Who would be opposed to affordable housing? So you build it without considering the overall affects to the community.
Overall, a development of this size has an impact on our community with our single lane roads that in the morning appear to be at capacity. Does anyone else get stuck in traffic in the morning in that vicinity? The highway and Waiale already remind me of traffic in Honolulu. and now we want to add another 400+ cars?
It seems to me that prior to adding such a large and densely populated development around the Highway and Waiale the State, County , and the developer would collectively work to alleviate the traffic and I'm pretty sure a round about is not going to improve traffic towards Wailuku town in the mornings. Or we can just follow Honolulu's example ... build it and they will get stuck in it!
Aloha, I am writing on behalf of Hawaiian Community Assets and Hawaii Community Lending to support AH-36 to approve the reclassification of the State land use district for the Kuikahi affordable housing project. Kuikahi is a housing project that will deliver affordable homes to 200 local families. The project is one of the thirty-six priority projects identified in the Maui County Comprehensive Affordable Housing Plan. The committee's approval will help clear the way for the project to move forward. Please vote in support of AH-36. Jeff Gilbreath, Executive Director of Hawaii Community Lending
Totally support workforce housing! Much needed. But major Red Flags with Kuikahi Village. My questions:
1)Traffic mess on Kuikahi Drive with only this ONE road accessing this project. Why?! Other new neighborhood projects in Wailuku built smarter, with multiple access to Honoapi'ilani Highway. 2400 homes in Kehalani development, and we're adding more to this traffc intersection at Honoapi'ilani Highway?
2) Hello, Schools? Have traffic and capacity levels for Wailuku schools been addressed? Those issues already exist. Are we ready?
3) Won't commercial development in Kuikahi Village bring in even more traffic to this roadway?
4) Is that all the open green space and parks allotted for 204 homes, most likely many with children?
5) Can the density be spread to the large parcel of land being developed rather than bunched up on 15 acres on Kuikahi Drive?
6) The big elephant in the room: Water? Now and in the future?
Stats: Kehalani project: 2400 homes, Another1400 homes already approved for Waikapu. Legacy Wailuku apartments :324 units (directly across highway from Kuikahi Dr). Plus, large projects elsewhere on Maui... Droughts are more extreme. Climate research has shown a drop in fresh water in Hawaii over last century. Should we prioritize and be concerned?
YES TO WORKFORCE HOUSING! This one though, needs REWORKING!
Mahalo nui loa County Council, for your hard work and careful consideration.
I am a homeowner in proposed area. I do see a need for affordable housing but unsure of the location for a few reasons below:
This is due to the overwhelming traffic and school overcrowding. The developers require to do more extensive environmental Impact Study. (EIS).
In addition, please open this up to the public so they can have public involvements. Please do a study of the nearby residents of: Waikapu, Wailuku Heights, Kehalani, and Waikapu. As they will be greatly affective.
In my opinion, the traffic impact is greatly underestimated and will create gridlock or dead lock at peak hours. Motorist will not be able to commute to and from work on a timely matter. Unless the DOT has future plans of widening Honoapiilani. There also a need for more Multimodal mode of transportation. There is no sidewalk on the Mauka side Honoapiilani Highway. Multiple deaths and crash happen along the Intersection of Kuikahi Road and Honoapiilani highway. This needs to be address during the design phase of this affordable housing project.
Is it me or is Maui becoming the next Honolulu?
Although here on Maui we have a shortage of housing, let alone affordable, I have an objection to this project, the lack of government foresight. It's just like government to allow a development like this in a vacuum. Who would be opposed to affordable housing? So you build it without considering the overall affects to the community.
Overall, a development of this size has an impact on our community with our single lane roads that in the morning appear to be at capacity. Does anyone else get stuck in traffic in the morning in that vicinity? The highway and Waiale already remind me of traffic in Honolulu. and now we want to add another 400+ cars?
It seems to me that prior to adding such a large and densely populated development around the Highway and Waiale the State, County , and the developer would collectively work to alleviate the traffic and I'm pretty sure a round about is not going to improve traffic towards Wailuku town in the mornings. Or we can just follow Honolulu's example ... build it and they will get stuck in it!
Aloha, I am writing on behalf of Hawaiian Community Assets and Hawaii Community Lending to support AH-36 to approve the reclassification of the State land use district for the Kuikahi affordable housing project. Kuikahi is a housing project that will deliver affordable homes to 200 local families. The project is one of the thirty-six priority projects identified in the Maui County Comprehensive Affordable Housing Plan. The committee's approval will help clear the way for the project to move forward. Please vote in support of AH-36. Jeff Gilbreath, Executive Director of Hawaii Community Lending