After a series of community meetings to receive feedback from residents and local stakeholders, Maui County released the final Long-Term Recovery Plan for Lahaina on Monday.

What You Need To Know

  • The Long-Term Recovery Plan is a roadmap for the county’s recovery efforts following the 2023 Maui wildfires

  • Maui County says the plan is a “living document” that will help identify funding sources to execute projects and revisions can and will be made to it over time with community input

The public can view and download the plan on the Maui Recovers website.

The website also includes individual pages dedicated to each of the plan’s 40 projects covering the key areas of Community Planning, Economic Recovery, Health and Social Services, Housing, Infrastructure, and Natural and Cultural Resources, according to a county release.

“As we look to the future of Lahaina, this recovery plan is more than just a roadmap forward — it embodies the community’s shared vision for our future,” stated Mayor Bissen in the release, ensuring that Lahaina’s healing is led by the needs and aspirations of its residents.

“Mahalo for the hundreds of responses throughout our community engagement efforts; your input is the foundation of our recovery and rebuild of Lahaina town. Special mahalo to our teams from the Office of Recovery and Department of Planning who have worked tirelessly to create a path forward,” Bissen said.

The Long-Term Recovery Plan is a roadmap for the county’s recovery efforts following the 2023 Maui wildfires. The county says the plan is a “living document” that will help identify funding sources to execute projects and revisions can and will be made to it over time with community input.

After a draft of the plan was released on Oct. 21, the county’s Office of Recovery and Department of Planning held open houses on Oct. 23 and 26 during which members of the community learned about the projects and provided feedback. The public could also provide feedback online through Nov. 15.

The county made adjustments in the final plan after receiving over 300 responses from the community. They include:

  • Removing the delineation between priority and appendix projects, and placing all 40 projects in the body of the plan
  • Clarifying timeframes estimated for project completion
  • Adding information regarding the anticipated level of public participation for projects
  • Identifying interconnections between projects
  • Adding additional project details, where possible

The county held 11 community engagement opportunities from Sept. 2023 to July 2024, in which 3,833 Lahaina residents and stakeholders took part. They included 190 public testimonies and interviews, three online surveys and five neighborhood workshops. A summary of all these was released in September is available to view and download on the Maui Recovers website.

“This plan serves as our foundation for what the community wants to see moving forward,” said incoming Office of Recovery Administrator John Smith. “My team and I have already been actively working on moving many of these projects forward and look forward to continuing that momentum into the new year.”