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LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs motorists of shoulder widening work on Kuhio Highway (Route 56) between Ka Haku Road and Kapaka Street on Kauai’s north shore, beginning Tuesday, April 27. This project will add a second northbound lane into the Princeville area, lessening some of the traffic buildup on Kuhio Highway ...
Read More Shoulder widening of Kuhio Highway to begin, Tuesday, April 27

KAHULUI – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Maui motorists of the installation of a temporary traffic signal on Hana Highway (Route 360) at the Mile Marker 3 culvert. Work began Monday, April 26. The temporary traffic signal and barriers are being installed as safety measures for the culvert repair and stabilization project. The ...
Read More Temporary signal installation at Hana Highway, Monday, April 26

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) completed the conversion of the intersection of Farrington Highway and Kaukonahua Road (Thompson Corner) to an all-way stop on Friday, April 23. The all-way stop was the quickest safety measure HDOT could deploy in response to the rerouting of traffic from the emergency closure of the Waialua ...
Read More Updates on Thompson Corner: All-way stop complete; Farrington Highway and Kaukonahua Road can be viewed on GoAkamai

LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Kauai residents of scheduled full closures of Kaumualii Highway (Route 50) between Hana Road and Moi Road on Monday, April 26, through Wednesday, April 28, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning. During the closures, traffic will be detoured to the County’s Hanapepe Bridge ...
Read More Nightly full closures of Kaumualii Highway at Hanapepe River Bridge begin April 26

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Oahu motorists that road closures for pavement marking installations will continue on the westbound H-1 Freeway during the week of Sunday, April 25, 2021, through Friday, April 30, 2021, from 7:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m., nightly. Closure details are as follows. All lanes will be closed ...
Read More Update: Full closures continue on the westbound H-1 Freeway between the Middle Street offramp (Exit 19A) and Keehi Interchange for marking installations

LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is increasing the allowed vehicle weight for Kuhio Highway (Route 560) between Kolopua Apartments and Hanalei Plantation Road to vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 10 tons, effective Thursday, April 15, 2021. Previously, vehicles with payload capacity of ¾ of a ton were directed to detour ...
Read More Posted weight threshold for Kuhio Highway on Kauai’s North Shore increased to 10 tons

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) will convert the intersection of Farrington Highway and Kaukonahua Road (Thompson Corner) to an all-way stop beginning Monday, April 19. The conversion of the intersection to an all-way stop will involve installation of stop signs, stop bars, and a four-way flashing beacon. Conversion work is scheduled daily ...
Read More Intersection of Farrington Highway and Kaukonahua Road to be made all-way stop

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) makes a step forward in electrification of its light duty fleet with the arrival of the first electric vehicles (EVs) procured through the State’s EV as a service contract. The EV as a service contract allows HDOT and other interested state and county agencies to procure EVs ...
Read More First electric vehicles picked up through the statewide, multi-agency service contract arrive

LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Kauai residents of smoke testing planned for April 15 on the water tunnel exposed by the March 11 landslide on Kuhio Highway (Route 560) near the intersection of Hanalei Plantation Road.  To locate the entrance(s) to the tunnel, large quantities of smoke will be blown into ...
Read More Smoke testing for Hanalei Hill Landslide Project scheduled for Thursday, April 15

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) encourages persons planning to fly into or from Hawaiʻi’s Airports to prepare for a busy summer travel season. Preliminary visitor statistics show an average of 20,906 passengers arriving daily, which is approximately 70-percent of pre-COVID numbers (source: https://dbedt.hawaii.gov/visitor/dailypax-dashboard/). Given the current trends, HDOT recommends that departing travelers ...
Read More Busy summer travel season expected