Highways News

What parents and others transporting keiki need to know about ACT 122 HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Hawaiʻi parents and others responsible for transporting keiki of the passage of Act 122 (22). Act 122 amends requirements for child passenger restraint by requiring rear facing child safety seats for children less than two ...
Read More Updated Child Passenger Safety Law

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is seeking comments on its proposed overall triennial goal for DBE participation in contracts using federal funds. Based on its revised methodology, HDOT is proposing a DBE goal of 17.26% for its Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)-funded contracts for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2023 through FFY 2025. The ...
Read More Public notice announcing proposed overall triennial Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal

UPDATE: Due to a staffing shortage as a result of Covid precautions, this project will need to be rescheduled for a later time. As soon as new dates are secured, a new update will be issued.   HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Mākaha and West Oʻahu community motorists of a single ...
Read More Update: Single lane closure of Farrington Highway in Mākaha for speed hump install, starts July 5

July 14 update: Work hours will be changed to 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting tonight after coordination with area businesses. The lengthened nighttime closure will help construction. HILO – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Keaukaha motorists of a nighttime pavement resurfacing and reconstruction project resulting in a single lane closure of Kalanianaole Avenue, ...
Read More Nighttime paving work of Kalanianaole Avenue in Keaukaha begins Tuesday, July 5

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises the traveling public of planned installations of raised crosswalks on Kamehameha Highway (Route 83) near the following schools: Hauula Elementary, Laie Elementary, Kahuku High & Intermediate, and Rainbow School. Work scheduled for the week beginning June 27 will involve single lane closures between 8:30 a.m. and ...
Read More Raised crosswalks to be installed near Hauula Elementary, Laie Elementary, Kahuku High & Intermediate, and Rainbow School

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises the traveling public that the Zipperlane will be deployed to 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 28 through Thursday, June 30, 2022. This will not affect normal Zipperlane operations for vehicles with two or more occupants, buses, electric vehicles, and motorcycles. As a reminder, the Zipperlane scheduled ...
Read More Construction work inside Zipperlane June 28-30

LĪHUʻE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Kauaʻi’ motorists of a multi-lane closure of Kūhiō Highway (Route 56) between Kuamoo Road and the Temporary Kapaʻa Bypass Road starting Monday night, June 27 from 8 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. During these working hours, the southbound and mauka northbound lanes will be closed. Alternating traffic ...
Read More Multi-lane, nighttime closure of Kūhiō Highway starts Monday, June 27

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies the public of full ramp closures scheduled at the Pearl Harbor Interchange on weekdays, beginning Tuesday, July 5, through Friday, Aug. 12, from 7:30 p.m. to 3 a.m., for the installations of pavement markers and rumble strips. The following ramps will be closed. Joint Base PHH ...
Read More Ramp closures scheduled at the Pearl harbor Interchange for pavement marking work

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies the public of a full closure of the Airport offramp (Exit 16) from the westbound H-1 Freeway on Monday night, June 27, through Friday morning, July 1, from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m., nightly, for concrete repairs. Following the July 4th holiday, roadwork will be scheduled ...
Read More Full closure of the westbound H-1 Airport offramp (Exit 16) for concrete repairs

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces a new pilot with i-Probe Inc to test connected automobile hardware and software technologies. On Monday, June 20, 2022, Governor David Ige, Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Director Jade Butay, and Masamichi Watanabe, President and CEO, i-Probe Inc., signed a Memorandum of Understanding allowing HDOT access to ...
Read More Data collection pilot for road conditions begins on Oʻahu