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HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Airports Division has launched a new state of the art AED Cabinet Alert System that will immediately notify key personnel of an AED cabinet door opening or an AED being removed at Daniel K. International Airport (HNL). This system will also provide additional security for the AEDs ...
Read More Alerting sensors added to lifesaving machines at Honolulu Airport

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Ewa residents of an expected increase in air traffic over the area due to repair work on two runways at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL). Runways 4R and 4L will be shut down from 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, through 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16, ...
Read More Repair work on HNL Runways 4R and 4L may result in increased air traffic over Ewa

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) reports 94 traffic-related deaths on Hawaii roads in 2021 as a result of 94 crashes. These figures are up from 2020 (85 fatalities), when nationwide traffic fatalities trended up, but down from the 108 fatalities recorded for 2019. Driving under the influence, speed, and distracted driving were ...
Read More Preliminary year-end State of Hawaii traffic fatality data for 2021

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) provides an update on the eastbound H-1 Freeway restriping work as daytime closure lengths have been reduced to minimize impacts to the public. Roadwork is expected to be completed by Monday, Feb. 14, over the next six days, pending weather conditions. The closure schedule is as follows. ...
Read More Update on the eastbound H-1 Freeway restriping project

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) is alerting the Mokuleia community of airfield work scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 8 between 3 p.m. and 2 a.m. at Dillingham (Kawaihapai) Airfield. Construction equipment and vehicles will be traveling the area during the night work to facilitate repaving of a 50-foot-wide, 200-foot-long section of the runway. ...
Read More Night work at Dillingham Airfield Tuesday, Feb. 8th

HILO – The Hawaii Department of Transportation announces that Nanue Bridge on Hawaii Belt Road (Route 19) in North Hilo will be weight restricted to 12 tons following a motor vehicle crash on Saturday, Feb. 5. In addition to the weight posting, the makai (northbound) lane over the bridge near mile marker 18 will be ...
Read More Nanue Bridge on Hawaii Belt Road in North Hilo posted at 12 tons following Feb. 5 crash

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Oahu motorists that up to three lanes will be closed on the H-1 Freeway in the eastbound direction between the Kaamilo Street overpass and Valkenburgh Street underpass on Sunday, Feb. 6, through Friday, Feb. 11, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily, for emergency striping work. ...
Read More Up to three lanes closed on the eastbound H-1 Freeway from Aiea to Pearl Harbor for striping work

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Oahu motorists that the newly installed traffic signal system on Kalanianaole Highway (Route 72) at the Waa Street intersection will operate in flashing mode over the weekend, beginning on Friday morning, Feb. 4. The flashing signal is a temporary action to alert motorists of the new ...
Read More New traffic signal on Kalanianaole Highway and Waa Street wil operate in flashing mode beginning Feb. 4

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the initiation of engineering studies to select the intersections for the two-year pilot authorized by Act 30 (20). The goal of red-light safety cameras is to reduce lives lost in motor vehicle crashes by deterring red-light running. The pilot project will begin with engineering studies at ...
Read More Red-Light Safety Program Pilot begins with engineering studies at 10 Honolulu intersections

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Oahu motorists of new permanent limits for the Nanakuli Contraflow. The new limits for the westbound PM contraflow on Farrington Highway are from Laumania Avenue to Haleakala Avenue. HDOT announced a test of the adjusted contraflow earlier this month. Resulting public comment was overwhelmingly in favor ...
Read More Changes to Nanakuli Contraflow limits will be permanent