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Two West Maui sites and the Maui Central Landfill are functioning as permanent disposal sites for approximately 400,000 cubic yards of ash and debris to be removed from areas burned by the Lahaina wildfires.
“Shipping debris from Maui is not an option,” Mayor Richard Bissen told three hundred other people who attended a network update on crisis recovery Wednesday afternoon at the Lahaina Civic Center. “I know other people are very attached to it, however, it is not one of the features we have today. “
Of the 3 potential sites, the two West Maui sites are in Wahikuli, Mauka of the Wahikuli subdivision; and Crater Village, which spans more than 500 acres in Mauka de Wahikuli and north of Lahaina Public Schools.
Maui’s Central Landfill is still a candidate for permanent debris removal, however, it is a 40-mile and 40-minute drive from Lahaina. Traffic can be congested with trucks using enough cloth to fill five five-story football fields.
“We anticipate primary effects on traffic,” Agapa said.
For months after the Aug. 8 wildfire, emergency response teams removed dangerous tissues left behind as a result of the blaze that swept through the town of Lahaina and killed at least 100 people. Citizens were later allowed to return to assess the damage to their homes. The Army Corps of Engineers began clearing the debris on Jan. 16. Trucks carrying tons of plastic-wrapped debris to a transient garage in Olowalu.
A network survey will be conducted in mauirecovers. org through February 15. Maui County will review the feedback and a final variety will be announced on March 1, Aawa said.
Public input will be vital in the final ion, he said. “Your input will help our team at the permanent debris site. “
The survey is not yet designed to imply a site preference for how the public rates criteria on other sites, he said.
“We take the input. We apply that to our criteria scoring,” he said.
The survey will be available on mauirecovers. org and a QR code will be available for others with mobile devices to access the website. The results of the research are expected to be published on Feb. 21.
The March 1 deadline for announcing a permanent site is driven by public and Maui County concerns about continuing to use Olowalu as a temporary storage site, he said.
“We’ve heard that from the community,” he said. “We have considerations ourselves. This is a transitional site. It is not intended to contain debris for years and years. That is why we want to locate a definitive site designed to involve this debris. ” .
Of the three remaining final sites, each has its pros and cons, Agawa said. “There is no perfect site.”
The two West Maui’s have the merit of being close to Olowalu’s transient garage. The Wahikuli is undeveloped land owned by the government. On the other hand, it is proposed as a long-term home, close to the coast and close to an evolved residential. area.
The Crater Village site is also underdeveloped and government-owned, and far from existing residential areas. However, it is drinking water above groundwater.
Maui’s central landfill is undeveloped land located far from residential areas. It contains no groundwater and a long-term expansion of the landfill is already planned, Agapa said. The effects on traffic are a cause for fear due to the shipment of ash and debris from Olowalu. to the Pūlehu Road landfill.
The last 3 are what’s left after reviewing the first loads and then 8 potential applicants for permanent debris removal, Agawa said. The primary considerations were suitability and protection of the public, as well as environmental concerns. Other criteria for the remaining 3 were historic preservation, cultural sensitivity, distance from the coast, and prevailing winds.
During a question-and-answer session, officials were asked about how to separate poison ash from the ground, but that proved impractical. It has also been reported that the transient garage in Olowalu could be overlooked, but it is unclear how long it will take to prepare it for permanent removal.
The complete assembly can be here: