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Kīhei-Mākena: the brief, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026

The biggest item for South Maui is the plan itself: Bill 108 (2026) would replace the 1998 Kīhei-Mākena Community Plan with a new South Maui Community Plan, and the County Council's planning committee has taken it up six times since Sept. 14, with more sessions set for Sept. 21 and 23. [source: the Maui County Council's Legistar calendar and Bill 108]

Up the hill, the Maui Planning Commission accepted the final environmental impact statement for Mākena Mauka, a proposed low-density neighborhood with market-rate and workforce housing mauka of Mākena Alanui Road. [source: the Environmental Notice, Aug. 23, 2026]

The planning director's Sept. 22 report to the commission lists smaller shoreline-area permits and exemptions here, among them eight Tesla Superchargers at the Shops at Wailea and replacement cooling towers at the Fairmont Kea Lani. [source: the Maui planning director's report to the commission, Sept. 22, 2026]

Basis. Written by the Ledger in a session on Sept. 19, 2026 from the records linked in each sentence; it says what was on the record that day, in plain words, and does not predict outcomes or take sides. What has happened since is on Kīhei-Mākena's page. Corrections: the corrections log.