Ho'opili, Koa Ridge foes file suits to halt projects

The Sierra Club and a senator say the state failed to protect agricultural land

By Andrew Gomes

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 21, 2012

~~<p>An environmental group and a state senator want a judge to overrule a recent state Land Use Commission approval urbanizing farmland in Leeward and Central Oahu for development of more than 15,000 homes.</p>
<p>The Sierra Club and Sen. Clayton Hee filed lawsuits Friday in state Circuit Court appealing June decisions by the commission that approved plans for the 11,750-home Ho‘opili project by D.R. Horton and 5,000-home Koa Ridge project by Castle & Cooke Homes.</p>
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An environmental group and a state senator want a judge to overrule a recent state Land Use Commission approval urbanizing farmland in Leeward and Central Oahu for development of more than 15,000 homes.

The Sierra Club and Sen. Clayton Hee filed lawsuits Friday in state Circuit Court appealing June decisions by the commission that approved plans for the 11,750-home Ho‘opili project by D.R. Horton and 5,000-home Koa Ridge project by Castle & Cooke Homes. Login for more...