Every now and then, yours truly checks the web to see if anything is happening regarding the long-stalled Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project which may - someday - be built in Hawaii, or maybe in the Canary Islands as a second-best location, or maybe not at all. As blog readers will know, it was planned for Mauna Kea where other telescopes exist, eventually given legal OK, and then was blocked by native Hawaiian objections and protests.
The issue sometimes comes up at the Regents, usually in public comments, since UC would have a connection to the project, should it ever be built. I found the item below from mid-January which suggests there will be a lot of discussion and probably no actual construction:
From HawaiiNewsNow: The Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority began a series of statewide workshops... as it prepares to take over management of the mountain... The 12-member state board, looking for feedback, was established in 2022, in part because of the protests that blocked construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) at Mauna Kea’s summit. The authority will assume full responsibility for the summit in two and a half years...
Some Native Hawaiians came to the workshop with a mix of skepticism and optimism, including Sparky Rodrigues, who stayed on Mauna Kea for six months... Even those who may not accept the state’s authority appear willing to be part of the process... Everything the board hears in this series of meetings will be used to create policies that reflect the will of the people, a collective effort to solve some of Hawaii’s most divisive issues...
Full story at https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/01/16/mauna-kea-oversight-board-begins-series-workshops-mountains-future/.
As you can see, TMT is not explicitly mentioned. There is just an oblique reference to "divisive issues."
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