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LIHUE – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Kauai highway users of a single lane closure on Kaumualii Highway (Route 50) between Kipu Road Maluhia Road on Monday, Nov. 15 through Tuesday, Nov. 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for brush clearing. The single lane closure with alternating traffic control was originally scheduled ...
Read More Kaumualii Highway brush clearing to resume Monday, Nov. 15

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces that Hawaii Administrative Rule (HAR) 19-108-7 has been amended to allow Electric Vehicles (EVs) with EV license plates affixed to them to use High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes regardless of the number of people in the vehicle. Full text of the rule can be found here. ...
Read More Hawaii Administrative Rules changed to allow Electric Vehicles to use HOV lanes

Contraflow between Kapule Highway and Kapaa Temporary Bypass will resume on Friday, Nov. 12 after Veterans Day. LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Kauai motorists that the Kuhio Highway Southbound Contraflow between Kapule Highway and the Kapaa Temporary Bypass Road is canceled Wednesday, Nov. 10. On Nov. 9, HDOT was notified of ...
Read More Kuhio Highway Southbound Contraflow will not run Wednesday, Nov. 10

No passengers are on the ship HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Harbors Division informs the public that the cruise ship Celebrity Solstice is scheduled to arrive at Honolulu Harbor for fuel and provisions on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, and is expected to depart Saturday Nov. 20, 2021. The ship is coming from ...
Read More Celebrity Solstice cruise ship to arrive at Honolulu Harbor for fuel

LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Kauai residents that in light of increased traffic congestion and transportation delays, all daytime paving work on Kuhio Highway (Route 56) in Kilauea will be temporarily suspended. The decision to postpone the paving project stems from the increase in traffic pressure to Kuhio Highway caused by ...
Read More Kuhio Highway paving project in Kilauea to be temporarily suspended until January 2022

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) and its federal, state, county and community partners remind Hawaiʻi motorists to move over or slow down when approaching emergency vehicles during Crash Responder Safety Week, Nov. 8-14. The first initiative to raise awareness of the need to give responders space to safely work on the side ...
Read More Motorists reminded to move over for responders during Crash Responder Safety Week, Nov. 8-14

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Oahu motorists of a full closure of the H-3 Freeway in the Kaneohe-bound direction between the Halawa Interchange and the Halekou Interchange, for expansion joint repair work. Roadwork will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday night, Nov. 12, 2021, and continue through the weekend until 4 ...
Read More Full closure of the H-3 Freeway in the Kaneohe-bound direction during the weekend of Nov. 12, for joint repair work

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of a single lane closure on Kamehameha Highway at Laniakea Beach beginning Friday, Nov. 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for sign installations and striping. Additional work requiring a single lane closure on Kamehameha Highway at Laniakea Beach is also scheduled for Monday, ...
Read More Single lane closure on Kamehameha Highway at Laniakea Beach Friday, Nov. 5

 HILO – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Airports Division informs the public of nightly runway work at the Hilo International Airport (ITO). ITO’s Runway 8/26 will be closed between 12 a.m. and 5:45 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6; Friday, Nov. 12; Saturday, Nov. 13; and Tuesday, Nov. 16. Runway 8/26 will also be closed ...
Read More Hilo Airport runway work to be done

LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Kauai residents of a single lane closure along Kuhio Highway (Route 56) in Kapaa, opposite the Kauai Village Shopping Center, starting Monday, Nov. 8 for work on the Lydgate Park-Kapaa Bike/Pedestrian path. During working hours (8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.) the outer (makai) northbound lane of Kuhio ...
Read More Single lane closure on Kuhio Highway in Kapaa, starting Monday Nov. 8