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
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LĪHUʻE – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Kauaʻi’s north shore communities and visitors that the Hanalei Bridge on Kūhiō Highway (Route 560) near mile maker 1.2 will be undergoing routine maintenance of its wooden plank deck. The work is scheduled for Sunday and Monday night, June 26 and 27, from 8 p.m. to ...
Read More Hanalei Bridge to undergo routine maintenance Sunday and Monday night, June 26, 27
HILO – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) is updating motorists on changes to the permanent repair plans for Kolekole Bridge, as well as three bridges along the Hamakua Coast. Emergency repairs to Kolekole Bridge on Hawaii Belt Road (Route 19) are wrapping up this month and the bridge will be returned to the unposted ...
Read More Update on repair plans for Hamakua Coast Bridges
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) provides an update on Phase II of the Kalanianaole Highway Improvements Project, in Waimanalo. The improvement project began in January 2022 and is planned to be substantially completed by the end of the year. Work that has been finished to date includes, paving on Kalanianaole Highway from ...
Read More Kalanianaole Highway Improvements project to be substantially completed by the end of 2022
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) provides an update on the Pali Highway Resurfacing project as construction on Phase II continues. Phase I of the Pali Highway project began early 2018 and was completed by late 2020. Improvements involved the installation of a new LED streetlighting system from Vineyard Boulevard to Castle Junction, ...
Read More Update on the Pali Highway Resurfacing project
LĪHUʻE – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces a proposed change to destination signs for the Russian Fort Elizabeth State Historical Park along Kaumualiʻi Highway following the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) action on June 9 to change the name of the Russian Fort Elizabeth State Historical Park to Pā‘ula‘ula State Historic ...
Read More Proposed change to destination sign to Russian Fort Elizabeth State Park
LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is breaking ground for repair work to be done on the Wailua River Bridge on Kauai. The $55.7 million project will get underway in July and should wrap up by the end of 2024. $44.6 million of the funding will come from the federal government, and $11.17 ...
Read More Wailua River Bridge work to Begin
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), notifies Oahu motorists that a single left lane will be closed on Farrington Highway in both directions between Maipalaoa Road and Manununu Street on Wednesday, June 8, and Thursday, June 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., for girder lifts at Maipalaoa Bridge. Eastbound traffic will be ...
Read More Lane closure and traffic stoppages scheduled on Farrington Highway at Maipalaoa Bridge on June 8 and 9
HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) began Phase 1 of Whitmore Avenue Sidewalk Improvements to construct a concrete sidewalk on the north side of Whitmore Avenue between Uakanikoʻo Street and the west end of ʻIhiʻihi Avenue on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. The contract cost for these improvements is $178,400. The shoulder on the ...
Read More Whitmore Avenue Sidewalk Improvements, Phase 1 begins May 31, 2022
HONOLULU – As we prepare to enter the second week of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) national Click It or Ticket high-visibility enforcement effort, the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) encourages all motor vehicle occupants to buckle up—every trip, every time. Surveys of seat belt usage rates in Hawaiʻi show a decrease from ...
Read More Seat belt use trends remind us to Click it or Ticket