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| Plans for proposed $235M jail in Puunene go forward |
| By mauinews.com |
| Published: 09/14/2009 |
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PUUNENE - Plans for a proposed Maui Regional Public Safety Complex - or jail - in Puunene are moving forward, leaders from the state Public Safety and Accounting and General Services departments said last week. If the 843-inmate, minimum- and medium-security jail gets funding from lawmakers, some of whom said they are leery of its design and big price tag, the multiuse facility will replace the overcrowded Maui Community Correctional Center on Waiale Road in Wailuku. The Maui Regional Public Safety Complex is estimated to cost $235 million, said state Comptroller Russ Saito. Construction hopefully should begin in mid-2010 and be completed by the end of 2012, he said. The 38.8-acre site is located along Mokulele Highway at the old Puunene airfield within 222 acres of state land now used by Maui County for the Maui Motor Sports Park. However, Saito said the county told him that the only users permitted to use the land are the police and fire departments, for training. And they will work with the county to remedy that problem, he said. This summer, there were rumors in the community that the project was not moving forward when the county initially granted the former Paradise Speedway organizers permission to re-open their dirt circle track at the Motor Sports Park. However, county Parks and Recreation Director Tamara Horcajo said she asked the group, which has not been active for six years due to a change in leadership, to hold off on its recreational permit application until the prison situation is figured out. Read More. |
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