Station 3: Front Street Design Concepts

I’m in favor of removing on-street parking in order to widen sidewalks, rather than taking the extra space from adjacent private property. Off-street parking will have to be part of the plan for Front St, of course.

Existing straight alignment is safest, especially considering many drivers are in an unfamiliar place in an unfamiliar car and likely gawking and driving. Like the wide sidewalks, trees, and especially no parking.

Like curving roadway. Adds a lot of character.

I hope all the landowners will sell the land and we can create curved roadway here, too, in addition to 700 block, and use the land for other public purposes. This will be the only opportunity for the landowners to be paid for the land which will eventually disappear because of the coastal erosion.

Curving roadway will slow the traffic and make walking more interesting.

It could be a nice touch to add some very simple seating along the edge of the water itself

Let them rebuild on THEIR LAND, but with strong materials.

UNDERGROUND all utilities -- including power. This will incredibly enhance Lahaina. Undergrounding should be done all the way up to Moali'i street at a minimum.

Planning of this magnitude that doesn't look beyond 20 years from now is reckless, especially when it allows for a blank slate (no existing buildings need to be removed or relocated) and the substantial federal funding provided for the rebuild. Front St floods at high tide; we know mauka of Front St is well within the Erosion Hazard Line. Now is the time for retreat, make Luakani St the new Front St, remove the seawall, and restore the natural coastline and beach that used to be there. We have a great opportunity to make Front St resilient. Why would we set the stage for a sea level rise crisis 20 years from now?

Makai Front Street restaurants were a huge draw. County purchase is a very bad idea, let businesses rebuild like Kimo's that are willing to assume the risk

Plan for shoreline retreat. The sea is rising. Push infrastructure back so Lahaina is ready.

We need clarity on what an open space entails. Is it park-like with trees and seating? Who will maintain them?

Don’t see a downside to this, seems like it could help slow the road and improve pedestrian visibility.

Property owners are already facing so many challenges so asking them to give up land for sidewalks feels unfair

Could be a safety rush if someone decides to drive on the sidewalk like they did in New Orleans

more food and flower producing trees, lots of shade canopy trees

more shoreline access and less hardened surfaces

one way or pedestrian only

while I support underground lines, all infrastructure roads, sewer, water electric should be retired from this area and new infrastructure to support shifting town mauka away from the coastal hazard area should be done now, not later. such a missed opportunity. stop incentivizing investment into this coastal hazard area.

Force sales of all makai properties, public good outweighs all other uses

Chicane alignments have benefits but I worry about the meandering street being artificial and counter to the original feeling of the street. If the meandering reflected some aspect of the topography, like the shoreline, and was subtle, it could be positive, but my instinct is that the street should be similar to the original straight layout.

Is the County going to try and pursue eminent domain takings of these parcels? If not, it still seems like the county is purposefully making it as difficult as possible to rebuild for the makai parcels so that they can take their land. Not cool.

Raised crosswalks would not only slow down drivers but help enhance pedestrian visibility and improve accessibility for disabled persons.

Sidewalk widening should be done using city-owned land, such as areas previously used for on-street parking, rather than taking land from property owners. This would keep sidewalks functional without placing additional burdens on business owners.

We’ve already seen what can happen with above ground powerlines. This seems like the least that HECO can do.

I like this design better than the angled roadway alignment, I think it flows a lot more naturally.

I think trees should be prioritized on the makai side and then added to the mauka side if there is space and or a need.

Removing overhead powerlines would greatly improve Lahaina’s character and visual appeal. It’s the kind of change you might not notice until it’s gone , then you wonder why it wasn’t done sooner.

As I sat in the EOC in the county building ( I'm a paramedic here on maui for the past 35 years) with all the dept heads the day after this catastrophe, and looking at the civil air patrol's first photos of Lahaina town and reeling from the lost of life.. and then then overpowering visual of the devastation, it slowly dawned on me that this will ultimately result in rebuilding and therefore a chance to IMPROVE the front street set up from what it was. from a utility service vehicle (fire, medics, police officer) point of view. I will tell you , that responding to front street to service someone in need was problematic at best. Usually a logistical nightmare. This street and building configuration was of days gone by. It was from the days of Horses, horse carriages and minimal people and eventually minimal automobiles. it is not that way anymore, not since the 70's , and wont be despite any plans and efforts to widen things. Just the sheer volume of tourists and their cars alone is tooo much for what the town and that little stretch of front street in question was and could be designed to handle... Im my little idea world, here's your chance to not only resurrect the charm and history of Lahaina , but to take it even further in that realm, also with the idea of making it so much more user friendly (thinking of the staggering amount of economy boosting tourists that will return). by this I mean, not only rebuild the pioneer in and ALL the historic buildings, (including researching and rebuilding the first capital from the bricks right by where the library was) but include resurrection
of the pre-contact structures/areas that are so important to the area, and deserve to be there. As for that little stretch of front street (from where hard rock was all the way to , say , where Burger King was). you make that a well-shaded walking
esplanade (cobble stones please) where only delivery vehicles and our emergency vehicles are allowed to enter. you build parking structures close to this area... This esplanade concept has been done across the globe, and works. I envision a beautiful walk with all the character and quietness off such an area. Harkens to the past, with the same store fronts from historical photos rebuilt. That is really what should happen for it to be an improvement..

I'm for no parking on Lahainaluna rd. Creates traffic congestion. Use the space for wider walkway, or extend the business space. I like option with the straight roadway alignment.

I'm for a straight road. Angled road with cars using them will create problems.

STRAIGHT ROAD IS PREFERRED. SPEEDING HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE PAST.