Accomplishments WMTA has provided leadership on a variety of improvements and initiatives designed to alleviate high taxes, improve the viability and safety of the infrastructure, and beautify the community. Our successes include:
PARKS: 

• $90,000 County grant to beautify Pohaku Park (S-Turn) in Kahana.

• Lobbied for $250,000 in capital improvements to light, fence & resurface the basketball park at the Lahaina Youth Center
  
  

INFRASTRUCTURE: 

• Successfully lobbied to get the State of Hawaii to widen Honoapiilani Highway
  
• Lobbied to fast-track emergency repairs on Honoapiilani highway to repair the Olowalu collapse
  
• Lobbied for the recent $30 million dollar release for phase 1 of the Lahaina Bypass 
  
• Lobbied for the creation of the newly established Lahaina Senior Center
  
• Lobbying for the immediate repairs of Lower Honoapiilani Road, anticipating the start of phase 4 soon to be underway.
  
  

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS:

• Urging the County to develop a civil defense plan and recruiting volunteers to act as coordinators in the event of an emergency.
  
• Lobbied for an emergency trailer to be placed next to the Lahaina Fire Station to house emergency supplies such as medicines, food, blankets & medical tools and supplies in case of disaster in Lahaina 
  
• Lobbied to update Lahaina Civic Center to a full fledged safety shelter capable of handling more than 1 type of disaster
  
  

PUBLIC SAFETY: 

• Spearheaded the effort in building and maintaining the fire/ambulance station in Napili in 1992, until the state was ready and able to operate it. 
  
• Successfully lobbied for $85,000 to purchase two emergency vehicles to aid in transport of the H.I.T.T. team ( Highway Incident Traffic Team) to minimize lengthy road closures as well as be a first response to moving wrecked vehicles from roadways. 
  
• Spearheading constant support for Police and Fire Department purchases for tools to make our local heroes more efficient and to help protect and save lives 
  
• Successfully lobbied for the return of Maui County's Air Ambulance system, currently up and running.
  
  

TAX RELIEF: 

• Taking the bite out of your property tax bill -NO TAX RATE HIKE since WMTA'S 1988 public service campaign on the issue!
  
• Lobbied in support of increasing the Tax Breaker amount to allow for additional relief for homeowners 
  
• Constant lobbying for the decrease of property taxes.