Welcome to the neighborhood | Nanakuli / Maili
POSTED: Sunday, February 28, 2010
OUR TOP ISSUES
The Nanakuli-Maili (Waianae Coast) communities are faced with the following issues:
1. Insufficient highway system. Our dependence on Farrington Highway to enter and exit Nanakuli-Maili (the Waianae Coast) is cause for concern.
Our community requires a second access—a Mauka Highway System—into and out of the Waianae Coast.
2. Unimproved sidewalks. With the state cutting back education dollars, our children are forced to walk to school.
Most of the sidewalks are not up to code. This is not only a public safety concern, it is an Americans With Disabilities Act issue that needs to be addressed.
3. Public health. The continued presence and operations of the PVT landfill is not only an eyesore, but a major public health concern. PVT Land Co.'s ability to operate a landfill less than 500 feet from several residential communities is a'ole pono. Residents adjacent to PVT have contracted irreparable upper-respiratory ailments; some have since died.
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SO SPECIAL
Nanakuli beautiful and welcoming
Nanakuli welcomes residents and visitors to the Waianae Coast. Its majestic mountain range encircles the host culture's ahupua'a system, from mauka to makai.
Maili links the southeast end of the coast to Waianae. Its insular divide, creating Lualualei, amplifies the mo'olelo of demigod Maui.
The people of our community are hospitable and caring toward others. This sets us apart from other communities.
FACTS & FIGURES
» Nanakuli means “;to ignore”;—because when people would pass or ask for water, residents would “;act deaf”; because they had no water to offer them.
» 2000 U.S. Census population: 10,814.
» 2000 Census racial makeup: Pacific Islander, 40.21 percent; Asian, 11.61 percent; white, 5.7 percent; black, 0.79 percent; Native American, 0.29 percent; other races, 0.83 percent; two or more races, 40.59 percent; and Hispanic or Latino, 11.12 percent.
