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Road closure, delay of TMT construction taking economic toll on Big Isle

COURTESY MIKE SESSIONS / MAUNA KEA SUMMIT ADVENTURES

Before the road to the summit was closed, tour company Mauna Kea Summit Adventures took people up the mountain every evening for a sunset and star-gazing experience. The company’s owner Monte “Pat” Wright said the business is suffering. “Mauna Kea is the only thing we do. We are 100% shut down.”