Approval sought to expand the Sheraton/SVO property, Koloa, Poipu area.
The planning commission approves, in spite of local opposition. The plan is to blast at the site, near the oceanfront.

In related news, the EPA is documenting the unbridled development in a report to the legislature, and to use the Poipu-Koloa area as an example of an "Environmental Injustice"

Read more about the EPA's visit to Kauai in the Garden Island News.