Naʻe toki foaki ki he Vahefonua Mauí ha paʻanga tokoni ʻe $15.43 miliona mei he puleʻanga fakafederal ke poupouʻi ʻaki ʻa e konga ʻuluaki ʻo e West Maui Greenway, ko ha poloseki ʻe tokoni ki ha ngaahi ʻēlia mahuʻinga ʻe niʻihi ʻo e fakaakeake ʻo Lahaina mei he vela ʻo e vaotā ʻi Maui ʻi he 2023.

Naʻe fokotuʻu ko ha founga fefonongaʻaki malu mo tuʻuloa ʻoku lahi hono fakaʻaongaʻí ki he Hala Lahi ʻo Honoapiʻilani, ko e West Maui Greenway ko ha hala maile ʻe 25 kuo palani ʻa ia te ne fakafehokotaki ʻa Ukumehame mo Līpoa Point. Makehe mei he’ene hoko ko ha hala fakafiefia, ‘e toe ngaue foki ia ko ha hala fetukutuku fakavavevave ki he ngaahi me’alele, ko ha malolo’anga vela mo e lolo ke tokoni ki hono ta’ofi ‘o e vela pea mo ha hala faka’aonga’i ki he ngaahi langa fakalakalaka mahu’inga, hange ko e ngaahi laine ‘uhila, vai mo e vai ‘uli.

“Naʻa mo e kimuʻa ʻi he vela ʻo e vaotaá, naʻe maʻu ʻe he West Maui Greenway ha poupou lahi mei he koló, he ʻe ʻomi ai ha feituʻu ke fiefia ai ʻa e koló ʻi he natula mo e fakaʻofoʻofa ʻo West Maui, pea tokoni ki he moʻui lelei fakaʻatamaí mo fakaesinó,” ko e lau ia ʻa Sione Sāmita, ko e Pule ʻo e ʻŌfisi Fakaakeake ʻo e Vahefonua Mauí. “Ko ʻeni ʻoku lahi ange ia ʻi ha toe taimi, ʻoku mahino ʻoku tānaki atu ki he ngaahi lelei ko ʻení, ʻe hoko ʻa e hala lanu mata ko ha koloa mahuʻinga ʻi he tali fakavavevavé, fakasiʻisiʻi ʻo e afí mo hono fakamālohia ʻo e tuʻunga ʻo e komiunitií.”

Na'e fakaha 'a e polokalama tokoni 'a e Potungaue Fefononga'aki 'a 'Amelika ki he Toe Langa 'o e Ngaahi Ngaue'anga 'o 'Amelika mo e Tu'uloa mo e Faka'apa'apa (RAISE) 'o e $15,430,000 ke poupou'i 'aki 'a e konga 'uluaki 'o e West Maui Greenway na'e fakaha 'i he 'aho 10 'o Sanuali, 2025. Ki ha fakamatala lahi ange fekau'aki mo e ngaahi tokoni 'a e RAISE, 'a'ahi ki he wwwgEvRAIS.transport

Ko e konga ʻuluaki ʻo e West Maui Greenway ʻe fakatefito ia ʻi ha konga ʻe tolu ʻoku nau fakafehokotaki ʻa e Senitā Sivile ʻo Lahaina ki he Paʻake ʻo e Matatahi ʻo Launiupoko ʻi ha maile ʻe 5.25. Na’e fakamu’omu’a ‘a e konga ko ‘eni hili ‘a e vela ‘o e vao ‘i he 2023 koe’uhi ko ‘ene fatongia mahu’inga ‘i hono fakalelei’i ‘o e fefononga’aki, ‘oatu ‘a e ngaahi faingamalie ki he mo’ui lelei ‘a e kakai mo e fakafiefia pea ‘oatu ha hala kehe ki he hū ‘a e ngaahi me’alele fakavavevave lolotonga ‘a e ngaahi fakatu’utamaki ‘i he kaha’u.

ʻI he poupou mālohi ʻa e komiunitií, naʻe hoko ai ʻa e West Maui Greenway ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi poloseki fakamuʻomuʻa ʻe 40 naʻe fakakau ʻi he Palani Fakaakeake Taimi Loloa ʻa e Vahefonuá maʻa Lahaina, ʻa ia naʻe tukuange mai ʻi Tīsema.

Naʻe faʻu ke lava ʻo maʻu ʻe he kakai ʻo e ngaahi taʻu motuʻa mo e ngaahi malava kotoa pē — tatau ai pē pe ʻoku nau luelue, heka pasikala pe fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻangāue tokoni ki he fefonongaʻakí — kuo fuoloa ʻa e hoko ʻa e West Maui Greenway ko ha meʻa mahuʻinga ʻi he ngaahi feinga palani fakalotofonuá. Hili hono ʻiloʻi ha hala ʻoku manakoa ange pea vahevahe ʻa e halangaʻangá ki ha ngaahi konga ʻe fitu ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi faʻahinga hala kehekehe, naʻe fakaʻosi ʻe he Kautaha Palani ʻa e Kolomuʻa ʻo Maui ʻa e Palani ʻo e West Maui Greenway ʻi Sepitema 2022.

ʻOku palani ʻa e Vahefonuá ke kumi ha paʻanga lahi ange ki he ngaahi konga ʻo e West Maui Greenway ʻi he kahaʻú.

Ki he ngaahi fakamatala fakamuimuitaha ki he ngaahi feinga fakaakeake ʻa e vela ʻo e vaotaá ʻi Mauí, ʻaʻahi ki he https://www.mauirecovers.org .

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