Abandoned property will be removed and destroyed if unclaimed for twenty-four hours.

The beach will be closed 6 a.m. on Wednesday, May 16, and is scheduled to re-open for public use on May 19. For the past month, personnel from the Parks Department, Mayor's Office, Department of Housing and Human Concerns, and Police Department along with representatives of community agencies and churches have visited the park to hand deliver park closure notices to illegal campers. This collaboration was done in response to growing community concerns for the welfare of individuals residing as illegal campers in the area and the health conditions that resulted at the park. The majority of the park will remain open to the public while restoration and clean-up projects occur in closed sections. The county estimates the entire park can be cleaned up, section by section, by the end of the year.

The effort is part of a park restoration and overall clean-up plan by the Department of Parks and Recreation. With guidance from the County's Environmental Coordinator, Kuhea Paracuelles, the plan is designed to focus on restoring existing native habitat in the nationally recognized sand dune areas of the park and maintaining it as an area open to the public for recreational and leisure activities.

The park has more than 40 acres of native vegetation and is heavily used for fishing, diving, picnicking and competitive ocean sports. Located in central Maui near the airport and Kahului Harbor, it is Maui County's largest beach park.