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Update: Rockslide impacts traffic near Honokōhau Bay
Update: One lane at mile marker 36 on Honoapiʻilani Highway in the vicinity of Honokōhau Bay has been cleared. A crew from the state Department of Transportation continues to work to clear the rockslide from the other lane.
Emergency slope scaling begins at Alelele Point in East Maui
Emergency slope scaling and rock debris removal started Sunday, June 11, at the rural Alelele Point area of East Maui. Nearly a one mile stretch of road has been closed following a rockfall on April 28, and a subsequent assessment in which officials deemed the area unsafe on May 10. About 150 cubic yards of […]
Community meetings on Alelele rockfall project in East Maui draw 100+ residents
More than 100 people attended community meetings held over the weekend in Kīpahulu, Hāna and Kaupō, to hear updates on the Alelele Point rockfall project. “It’s important to go directly to impacted communities who are experiencing hardship, provide an update and make ourselves available to help with questions and address concerns,” said Mayor Richard Bissen […]
Barriers, electric signs warn motorists of East Maui road closure following rockfall
County of Maui crews set up concrete barriers today to prevent traffic along a nearly 1-mile Hāna Highway road closure in Kīpahulu where unstable cliffs pose a safety hazard. The closure prevents motorists from traveling completely around the rural area that connects East Maui and South Maui.
Lawmaker concerned about falling boulders amid rainy weather
“We’ve been in this position before with boulders falling from a hillside in Kalihi Valley several times during a 10-year period,” said State Representative John Mizuno (D-29 Kalihi Valley, Kamehameha Heights, portion of Lower Kalihi) in a news release. “Unfortunately, much of the rockslides or boulders coming down are both related to the rainy weather and the location, usually along a hillside which naturally has a gravitational pull once the surrounding soil turns to mud.”
Maui Draft Hazard Mitigation Plan Nears Completion
The Maui Emergency Management Agency has nearly completed an update to the County’s Hazard Mitigation Plan. It addresses threats such as wildfires, significant beach erosion and highway rockslides and looks at how the County can lessen the impact of natural hazards such as wildfires, tropical storms and erosion on Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.
Hazard Mitigation Plan Meetings on Maui This Week
The public is invited to identify solutions to problems associated with natural hazard threats such as wildfires, significant beach erosion and highway rockslides.
Near-Repeat of Sacred Falls Tragedy Highlights Dangers
“Fifteen-seconds of terror,” is how a trespassing Honolulu hiker describes his near miss with a rock-fall incident at the closed Sacred Falls State Park on Kamehameha Day. DLNR officials say Lincoln Hittner was one of six people cited by DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement officers for trespassing into a closed area after a […]
Emergency Declaration Extended for O‘ahu’s Pali Highway
Heavy rains in February caused extensive damage to the slopes and other areas adjacent to the Pali Highway on Oʻahu.
Landslides Along Maui’s Hāna Hwy Cleared
Photos from Tuesday as crews from the state Department of Transportation cleared a landslide on Hāna Highway at mile marker 11.
