From Ilima Loomis’ entire article at the Maui News
Maui County Council members said last week that they expect once again to push back their deadline to pass the Maui Island Plan, this time until August 2012. The plan was supposed to be finished in 2008
The move to revise the due date comes eight months after council members extended their deadline to approve the plan until the end of this year; 13 months after their previous deadline passed; four years after the plan was originally scheduled to be completed; and a decade after officials first started working to update the county’s General Plan.
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Observers and advocates of the General Plan update expressed concern at how long that process was taking.
“The council should recognize that this is the most important thing they are doing for the long-term benefit of Maui,” said Kula resident Dick Mayer, who served on the General Plan Advisory Committee. “They should be willing to hold additional meetings so they can complete this task expeditiously.”
He and Maui Tomorrow Executive Director Irene Bowie said they feared the multiple delays were creating opportunities for landowners and developers to push forward projects that might not be allowed when the plan is passed.