A two-day dispersal of more than 40 homeless people and the subsequent cleanup of Amala Place was completed Saturday morning with 16 vehicles towed and 13 tons of trash removed, according to Maui County officials.

Crews used heavy equipment to clear debris on Amala Place and Kanahā Beach Park in Kahului, focusing on Amala and Kaʻa streets. The park reopened Saturday morning.

The county reported that work crews encountered unsanitary conditions, and two truckloads of belongings left behind by the estimated 40-plus unhoused residents were collected.

For any of the dispersed residents seeking information on their personal belongings, including vehicles, the county has paid for 30 days of secured storage and hired a contractor to collect, wrap and securely store items. For more information, residents can call (808) 318-0370.

County crews also trimmed brush and overgrowth along Kanahā Beach Park, Amala Place and Kaʻa Street and repainted restrooms and covered graffiti in Kanahā Beach Park and surrounding areas.

For more than a month, the county has been working with nongovernment housing and human services agencies to warn the people illegally camping at Amala and Kanahā that cleanup and maintenance due to health and safety hazards would occur July 17-18.

The county reported that 23 people received shelter — 21 at Ka Hale A Ke Ola and two at permanent housing — while two people accepted treatment services from Aloha House and Mana Recovery Center and others left Thursday on their own.

Approximately eight people remained Thursday morning, but they all had voluntarily left by 8 a.m., shortly before work began. There were no arrests tied to the closure, according to Maui police.

In addition to the cleanup and restoration efforts, Maui County reported that the Amala and Kanahā unhoused camp had become a health and safety hazard.

During a nearly five-month period beginning Jan. 1, there were 159 emergency calls to 9-1-1 and 49 documented incidents that included seven arrests, according to the county.

Six incident reports were filed by the County Department of Environmental Management at its Kahului wastewater treatment plant through July 6, including break-ins, destruction of property, obstructions blocking the entrance, brushfires and drug use.

The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources also reported incidents of property damage, trespassing and environmental contamination of the fenced wildlife sanctuary bordering the south side of the road.

The state department also documented that nene had been killed by loose dogs, and Maui police said they have received calls from drivers recounting near-misses of people on or near the roadways.