Fwd: SMA Permit Sought for Kahului Airport

--- Colleen Turner <colleenturner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 23:32:01 -0800 (PST)
> From: Colleen Turner <colleenturner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: SMA Permit Sought for Kahului Airport 
> To: airport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Sunday, January 11, 2004  — Time: 10:24:33 PM EST  
> 
> SMA Permit Sought for Kahului Airport 
> Maui News, HI
> 
> 
> KAHULUI - The state Department of Transportation's
> Airports Division has applied for a special
> management
> area permit for improvements at Kahului Airport, but
> not for a runway extension. 
> 
> A hearing will be held at 9 a.m. on Feb. 10 before
> the
> Maui Planning Commission in the Kalana Pakui
> building.
> This application is for only a portion - but a large
> portion - of changes planned for the overcrowded
> airport.
> 
> The work includes a building for receiving and
> inspecting incoming plant cargoes, a requirement to
> fulfill the Alien Species Action Plan adopted by the
> state.
> 
> Today, air cargo, such as fresh produce, is unloaded
> and inspected on the pavement. The fear is that an
> unwanted pest - for example, a brown tree snake -
> could make its getaway into the cane fields and
> eventually multiply its way into environmentally
> sensitive areas.
> 
> An enclosed inspection building will make it easier
> to
> intercept unplanned visitors.
> 
> The work also would include a new roadway from
> Aalele
> Street and Haleakala Highway to reach the new
> agricultural inspection building.
> 
> Other improvements would include a general purpose
> aircraft apron and taxiway, a new hold cargo
> building
> and improvements to leased lots used by rental car
> companies, an extension of a mechanic shop and other
> utility improvements.
> 
> The application does not address the terminal
> overcrowding or runway extension or access road
> problems, all under study by the Airports Division.
> 
> The longer runway is under consideration, but the
> access road is listed as a priority by the
> Department
> of Transportation.
> 
> Transportation Director Rodney Haraga said in
> September that the access road project is on the
> short-term capital improvement list and construction
> is anticipated to begin within three years.
> 
> Completion would ease congestion on Dairy Road.
> 
> 

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