Lānaʻi: the brief, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026
On Sept. 23 the state Land Use Commission, meeting in Kahului, is set to decide Pūlama Lānaʻi's petition to reclassify land for its Kōʻele project. [source: the Land Use Commission's agenda, Sept. 23, 2026]
At Mānele, the Army Corps of Engineers and the state have proposed repairs to the small boat harbor breakwater, and the Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link cable project has a permit for archaeological testing at the harbor. [source: the Environmental Notice, Aug. 23, 2026, and the planning director's report, Sept. 16, 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 Lānaʻi's page. Corrections: the corrections log.