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Court Challenge Expected to Hoopili Decision

Hoopili farmland/Click photo for enlargement

In a shockingly lopsided decision, the state Land Use Commission approved 8 - 1 the $4.6 billion Hoopili Project yesterday. If the decision prevails, the result will be the destruction of 1,554 acres of the little prime agricultural land Oahu has left.

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Honolulu Civil Beat

June 8, 2012

by Sophie Cocke

A day after approving another major development project [Koa Ridge], the Hawaii Land Use Commission on Friday gave the green light to Hoopili, a 12,000-home master-planned community in west Oahu.

Opponents promised to challenge the decision in court.

The vote was 8 to 1, with Commissioner Jaye Makua dissenting.

The ruling reclassifies a 1,500-acre tract of land in Ewa from agricultural to urban, and allows the development — the largest to come before the commission — to move forward.

Read more . . . [Honolulu Civil Beat]

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Oahu Prime Farmland Slated for Destruction [Hawaii Political Info] Collection of articles