Plans call for the proposed relocation of the terminus from the current end point at Launiupoko, to the vicinity of the former Olowalu Landfill, further south.

The Coast Guard reopened the comment period for the interim rule that established a temporary security zone at Kaunakakai Harbor during visits of the Passenger Vessel Safari Explorer.

A final environmental assessment was filed for a project to widen the Pi’ilani Highway from Kilohana Drive near the Wailea Fire Station to Wailea Ike Drive near the Wailea Gateway Center.

“They now have a place right in their neighborhood to skate, play, grow and develop. Children will be coming here to meet their friends and have fun in a safe, clean environment beginning today and for many years to come,” he said.

The next edition of Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa’s “County on Your Corner” event, will be held on Thursday, May 10 from noon to 2 p.m. at Paanimai Skate Park in Hana; and on Saturday, May 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the 12th Annual Maui Matsuri at University of Hawaii Maui College.

The funds include $2 million for improvements to the Hana Highway between Uakea Road and Keawa Place that was damaged in the March 2012 storm.

The US Department of Agriculture designated Maui County as a primary natural disaster area due to losses caused by an ongoing drought.

Maui Police have identified the motorcyclist killed in an afternoon crash on Dairy Road today as Jerome Armstrong, 40, of Lahaina.

“The beauty of their work is pure and so uplifting for our staff, patients and visitors,” said hospital communications director, Carol Clark. The works were created by elementary, intermediate and high school students as part of a contest hosted by the hospital.

The funds will be utilized by the hospital’s Hale Makua Health Services and Malama I Ke Ola Health Center to address the needs of the island’s aging population.