Hawaii Superferry’s announcement Friday of a second round-trip voyage this month between Maui and Oahu riled critics, who questioned the ferry’s traffic impacts and the greater risk of nighttime whale collisions.
“It’s timing is really bad for Maui, proving once again that this is for Oahu people, not Maui people,” said Karen Chun, Web master for Save Kahului Harbor, which organized ferry protests last month.
The second trip between the islands doesn’t help Maui residents because they couldn’t go to Oahu, spend some time there and return the same day, Chun said.