MEO Transportation Center Breaks Ground

MEO Executives. (Left to Right-former CEO, Sandy Baz, current CEO Lyn McNeff, former Executive Director and current Councilmember Gladys Baisa, and former Executive Director and current State Representative Joseph Souki) Courtesy photo.

By Wendy Osher

A groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday for the MEO Transportation Center in Puunene, Maui.

The event marked the start of construction for the $23 million project that will be built on a 10-acre parcel partially donated by Alexander & Baldwin.

The project is located at the hub of the Hana, Mokulele, and Kuihelani Highways in Kahului.

MEO annually provides over $5 million of specialized transportation services in Maui County.

The agency’s vehicles travel over one million miles annually, and were used to provide almost 300,000 trips last year.