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How will the greenway benefit west maui?

Connect with community

  • Creates walking- and bicycle-friendly places; connects schools, neighborhoods, and work sites
  • Reduces traffic congestion by offering alternative means of transportation - less time spend in traffic and less money spent on gas
  • Inexpensive and safe way to promote healthy kids and active communities
  • Provides an inspirational, appropriate place to teach keiki about Hawaiian history and culture
  • Preserves pristine open space to enhance quality of life & mental health
  • Enhances community identity - encourages face to face interaction, provides volunteer opportunities and creates a sense of belonging
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Malama Ka'Aina - Help the environment

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  • Protects important habitat and provides corridors for people and wildlife
  • Allows people to experience West Maui’s natural environment
  • Reduces impacts to our land and ocean by reducing polluted run off generated by vehicles
  • Provides opportunities for green infrastructure as well as interpretive and educational opportunities for people to learn about ways plants can be used to reduce run off and benefits the coral reefs
  • Provides outside, safe areas that could be used by schools and programs for environmental education

benefit the economy

  • Provides local economic opportunities: construction and maintenance, outdoor recreation-based companies, pop-up small businesses, services, ease to get to locations that are hard to get to with your vehicle or are a challenge for parking
  • Design, engineering and construction of walking and bicycling facilities such as trails create more jobs per dollar than any other type of transportation infrastructure construction - Rails to Trails
  • Increases property values: According to a 2002 survey of recent homebuyers by the National Association of Home Realtors, out 18 choices, trails ranked as the second most important community amenity
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  • About
    • Benefits
    • Alliances
    • Our Team
    • Contact Us
  • Resources
    • FAQs
    • WMG Master Plan
    • In the News
    • Testimonials
    • Plans
    • Milestones >
      • Volunteer
    • Maps
  • Donate
    • Donate
    • Volunteer
  • Events
    • Maui MPO Community Meetings
    • Love the West Maui Greenway Day
    • Earth Day