HONOLULU — Na’e fakahā ‘e he Kōvana Josh Green, MD, he ‘aho ni kuo fili ‘e he Siteiti ‘o Hawai’i mo e Vahefonua Maui ‘a e Kau ‘Enisinia ‘a e Kau Tau ‘a ‘Amelika (USACE) ke nau taki ‘a e feinga ke to’o ‘a e ngaahi veve na’e maumau’i ‘e he vela mei he ngaahi feitu’u ‘i he tafa’aki ‘e taha ‘o Maui na’e uesia ‘e he ngaahi vela fakahisitōlia ‘i he konga kimu’a ‘o ‘Aokosi.

“ʻOku taau ʻaupito ʻa e Kau ʻEnisinia ʻa e Kau Taú ke nau fakahoko ʻa e ngāue lahi ko ʻení, ke tokoniʻi ʻa e kakai ʻo Mauí ke nau laka ki muʻa ʻi heʻenau fononga fakaakeaké,” ko e lau ia ʻa Kōvana Green. “Ko e ngāue ‘o e Vahe 2 ‘e tokoni ia ki hono fakatu’uma’u taimi lōloa ‘o e ngaahi feitu’u kuo uesia, koe’uhi ke lava ‘e he kakai ‘o e fonua mo e ngaahi pisinisi ‘o toe langa ‘i he founga ‘oku fiema’u ‘e he ngaahi komiuniti ko ‘eni ke toe langa kinautolu. ʻOku mau fakamālō kia Palesiteni Paiteni mo homau ngaahi hoa ngāue fakafederal kotoa pē ʻi he tukupā ke nau tuʻu ʻi homau tafaʻakí, ʻo hangē ko e lea ʻa e palesitení, ʻʻo kapau pē ʻe fie maʻú.'”

“ʻI he ngaahi alea mo e FEMA, naʻa mau aʻu ai ki ha mahino ʻe fai ha fakakaukau lahi ange ki hono fakahū ʻo e kau mataotao fakafonua ʻo Hauaiʻí ʻi he misioná,” ko Kōvana Green ia. “ʻE ʻi ai foki mo e tokanga ki hono fakaʻaongaʻi ʻo e ngaahi pisinisi fakalotofonuá mo totongi ʻa e totongi ʻoku lolotonga ʻi aí ki he feinga toʻo ʻo e veve.”

“ʻI hono fili ʻo e Kau ʻEnisinia ʻo e Kau Taú, ʻe ʻi ha tuʻunga lelei ʻa Maui ke maʻu ʻa e ngāue mahuʻinga mo lahi ʻo hono toʻo ʻo e ngaahi veve ʻoku totongi ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoni fakafederal,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ʻo e Vahefonua Maui ko Richard Bissen. “Ko e sitepu mahu’inga ‘eni pea ‘oku mau ‘amanaki ke fengaue’aki mo kinautolu ‘i hono fakapapau’i ‘oku fakakau ‘emau kau ngaue fakalotofonua ‘i he feinga ‘o kau ai ‘emau kau konituleki fakalotofonua, pea ‘oku mau kei fakakaukau’i ‘a e ngaahi me’a fakamu’omu’a fakafonua mo fakakolo,” ko ‘ene leá ia.

“ʻOku mau ʻiloʻi tautefito ʻa e mamafa ʻo e mole ʻi Lāhainā, Kula, ʻOlinda, pea mo e ongoʻi ʻo e mole ki he motu kotoa, pea pehē ki he mahuʻinga ʻo hono fakapapauʻi ʻoku fakahoko malu ʻa e founga ʻo hono tokangaʻi ʻo e veve pea ʻi he fakaʻapaʻapa ki he ngaahi fāmili mo e hisitōlia fakafonua mo e anga fakafonua kehekehe ʻo e ngaahi komiunitī ko ʻení,” ko e lau ia ʻa Army E Penginy. Komanita Fakavahefonua Honolulu.

“ʻOku ʻoatu ʻemau kaungāmamahi lolotó ki he tokotaha kotoa pē kuo uesiá. ʻI heʻemau laka atu ki muʻá, te mau ngāue mo ʻemau ngaahi hoa ngāue fakalotofonuá, fakasiteití mo e fakafederal, kau faleʻi fakafonua mo fakakoló ke faʻu ha founga fakaikiiki ʻo poupouʻi ʻa e FEMA, ʻa e siteiti ʻo Hauaiʻí mo e Vahefonua Mauí,” ko Lt.

‘Oku fakapapau’i ‘e he USACE ‘ene tukupā ke faka’aonga’i ‘ene a’usia, ngaahi ma’u’anga tokoni, mo e ngaahi ngaue ‘i tu’a ke tokoni ki he ngaahi komiuniti ke nau mo’ui mo fakaakeake, pea ‘oku ne fakapapau’i ki he kakai ‘o e fonua ‘e ‘ikai ke kamata ha ngaue kae ‘oua kuo alea’i ia ‘e he kakai ‘o e fonua mo e kau ma’u pisinisi.

Ko e konga 2 ko e kamata’anga ia ‘o hono to’o ‘o e ngaahi veve ‘o e koloa fakafo’ituitui ‘i he taimi ‘e to’o ai ‘e he potungaue Malu’i ‘o e ‘Atakai ‘a ‘Amelika ‘a e ngaahi naunau fakatu’utamaki ‘o e ngaahi ‘api mei he ngaahi feitu’u ‘oku uesia. ‘Oku lolotonga fakahoko ‘a e taimi ki he Vahe 2.

ʻE ʻoatu ha fakamatala lahi ange fekauʻaki mo e founga toʻo ʻo e veve ʻo fakafou ʻi he Vahefonua Maui ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ka hoko maí.