The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Villages of Leiali’i Affordable Housing Project was published in the Oct. 23 Environmental Notice, the state Office of Environmental Quality Control’s bi-monthly publication.
The 1,033-acre West Maui development is located in the Wahikuli ahupua’a on ceded lands owned by the State of Hawaii and the Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corporation (HHFDC).
It is bordered by the Wahikuli subdivision and the Department of Hawaiian Homelands’ Leiali’i subdivision to the west, Kelawea subdivision to the south, state and various privately owned lands to the east and the future expansion of Kaanapali Resort (Kaanapali 2020) to the north.
The acreage is currently vacant; it was used in the past for sugar cultivation.
The state land use designation for the subdivision is Urban. Maui County zoning maps designate the parcel as mostly Agricultural and some Residential.