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Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale: the brief, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026

An aerial view of Kapolei, Oʻahu.
File photo: An aerial view of Kapolei, Oʻahu. Image: Farragutful via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Amazon US Real Estate LLC has asked the city to raise the height limit from 60 to 100 feet on 16.5 acres of its 31.6-acre parcel at 91-400 Malakole Street in Kapolei, zoned for industrial-commercial mixed use. [source: DPP's public-input map, file 2026-ZCH-2]

On city land at 91-683 Wakea Street in Honouliuli, KP52 Developer, LLC seeks affordable-housing exemptions for Kapolei Parkway Lots 2 to 5. [source: DPP's public-input map, file 2026-AH-1]

Two subsea telecommunication cable projects need Special Management Area permits for their landings. [source: DPP's public-input map]

On Sept. 21 and 22 the Hawaiian Homes Commission takes up a consultation report on a proposed solid-waste-to-fuel and tire processing plant at Kalaeloa. [source: the Hawaiian Homes Commission's agenda, Sept. 21, 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 Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale's page. Corrections: the corrections log.

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