Naʻe fakahā ʻe he Vahefonuá ʻi he māhina kuo ʻosí kuó ne fakahoko ha ngaahi aleapau fakangatangata mo ha vaʻa ʻo e Nan Inc., ko e kautaha langa lahi taha ʻi Hauaiʻi, ʻoku ʻa e kakai fakalotofonuá, ke fakatau ʻa e ʻeka ʻe 49 fakafuofua ʻo e kelekele naʻe keli kimuʻá pea mo e ʻeka ʻe 30 ʻo e kelekele ʻoku lolotonga keli ʻa e Centralfiui Land ad.

Ko e konga ‘o e kelekele ‘e ngaue’aki ia ki ha Feitu’u Li’aki Tu’uma’u ki he ngaahi veve mei he vela ‘o e vao ‘i Lahaina ‘i he 2023. ʻE fakaʻaongaʻi foki ʻa e kelekelé ke fakalahi ʻaki ʻa e Central Maui Landfill, ko e lingiʻanga veve fefeka lahi pē ia ʻe taha ʻi he motú, ʻa ia naʻe fehangahangai mo e fakangatangata ʻo e ivi kimuʻa ʻi he ngaahi velá.

Na’e tali ‘e he Fakataha Tokoni ‘o e Vahefonua ‘i he ‘aho 26 ‘o Novema ‘a e ngaahi tu’utu’uni ‘oku fakamafai’i ai ‘a hono ma’u ‘o e ngaahi konga kelekele ‘o fakakatoa ‘a e $4 miliona.

‘I he’ene fakataha ‘i he Falaite, na’e fakapaasi ai ‘e he Fakataha Tokoni ‘o e Vahefonua ‘a e Lao Fakaangaanga 174, 175 mo e 176, ‘o fakatonutonu ‘a e patiseti ‘o e Ta’u Fakapa’anga 2025 ke ‘oatu ha pa’anga ki hono ma’u ‘o e ngaahi koloa pea mo hono tisaini mo fakalakalaka ‘o e Feitu’u Faka’auha Tu’uma’u.

“Mahalo ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e Fakataha Alēlea ʻo e Vahefonuá ʻi heʻenau ngaʻunu vave ke fakangofua ʻa e maʻu mahuʻinga ko ʻení,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen. “Ko hono malu’i ‘o e kelekele ko ha sitepu mahu’inga ia ‘i hono malu’i hotau ‘atakai mo fakapapau’i ‘a e tupu tu’uloa ki he ngaahi to’utangata.”

‘Oku lolotonga teuteu ‘a e Potungaue Pule’i ‘o e ‘Atakai ‘a e Vahefonua ke kamata ‘a e tisaini mo e langa ‘o e Feitu’u Li’aki Tu’uma’u.