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HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies the public of a right lane closure on Farrington Highway in the southbound direction between St. John’s Road and Maipalaoa Road on Saturday, March 19, and Saturday, March 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., for paving work at Maipalaoa Bridge. The work is necessary to ...
Read More Single lane closure scheduled at Maipalaoa Bridge on Saturday March 19 and 26

HILO – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Keaukaha motorists of utility work to install underground cable between March 21 and April 22, 2022, on Kalanianaole Avenue. Work will take place between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday – Friday for a month, weather permitting. The utility work is needed for ...
Read More Lane shift on Kalanianaole Avenue for underground utilities installation March 21 – April 22

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs the public that the traffic control for the intersection of Pali Highway and Vineyard Boulevard will be switched over to the traffic signals installed as part of the Pali Highway Improvements Phase 2. Work to complete the change will begin at 8 a.m., Wednesday, March 16, ...
Read More Pali Highway and Vineyard Boulevard traffic signals to be switched Wednesday, March 16

WAILUKU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces that the street signs at the Piʻilani Highway and Kūlanihākoʻi Street intersection will be replaced as part of the Piʻilani Highway Intersection Improvements Project. Under the policy announced on March 1, 2022, HDOT is providing a two-week comment period for the Hawaiian spelling of the signs ...
Read More Hawaiian diacritical markings to be added to signs at Pi’ilani Highway and Kūlanihāko’i Street intersection

STATEWIDE – The Hawaii State Department of the Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division is requesting applications and requests for information for the Transportation Alternatives (TA) Program funding (FY 2022-2026). The TA program provides planning, design, and construction funding for projects that encourage the use and enhance the experience of alternative modes of transportation (e.g., biking, walking, ...
Read More Request for Transportation Alternatives Project Applications

LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Kauai residents that the ʻEleʻele Pedestrian Overpass on Kaumualiʻi Highway (Route 50), just past its intersection with ʻEleʻele Road and Waialo Road, is now open to the public. A June 2020 collision at the pedestrian overpass, which crosses Kaumualiʻi Highway at the ʻEleʻele Shopping Center, produced ...
Read More ʻEleʻele Pedestrian Overpass at Kaumualiʻi Highway and Waialo Road, now open to public

HONOLULU – At the direction of Governor David Ige, the Hawaii Department of Transportation will light Aloha Tower yellow and blue to show support for Ukrainians as they continue to defend their country against Russia. “The lighting of Aloha Tower in the colors of the Ukrainian flag symbolizes Hawaiʻi’s support for the people of Ukraine. ...
Read More The State of Hawaii showing support for Ukraine by lighting Aloha Tower blue and yellow

HONOLULU – In conjunction with the end of Mahina ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i (Hawaiian language month) in February, the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces Hawaiian names and words on new or replacement highway signs shall include kahakō and ʻokina in conformance with Hawaiian language resources. This policy is effective immediately. “We are honored and excited today to announce ...
Read More HDOT to use Hawaiian diacritical markings on new and replacement highway signs

HILO – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) Airports Division wants to inform the public living around the Hilo Airport (ITO) of three days of training by the Hawai‘i Air National Guard (HIANG). The local training exercise will run from March 3 to 6. Hilo residents, and other residents of Hawai‘i Island, can expect increased ...
Read More Hawaii Air National Guard to hold training exercises at Hilo Airport

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Oahu motorists of an emergency three-lane closure for repairs of the westbound H-1 Freeway, between the Airport Exit and Radford Pedestrian Overpass, on Saturday evening, Feb. 26 through Sunday morning, Feb. 27, from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. It has come to our attention that lane ...
Read More Emergency night work for restriping of westbound H-1 Freeway, Saturday, Feb. 26