Highways Posts

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

Wailua River Bridge work to Begin 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 ...
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

LĪHUʻE – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT), Highways Division, invites Kauaʻi’s north shore communities to an informational meeting to provide updates, present information and collect public feedback on several ongoing and upcoming projects in the area. The meeting is scheduled at the following time and location: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 6 p.m. to 8:30 ...
Read More Public meeting for Kauaʻi’s North Shore communities to be held Wednesday, June 8

KAHULUI – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies the public that roadwork is canceled tonight, Wednesday, May 25, as soil boring work has been completed on Hana Highway (Route 360) at Mile Marker 4.3 in the vicinity of Door of Faith Road. HDOT thanks the public for their cooperation as we continue to maintain ...
Read More UPDATE: Soil boring work completed on Hana Highway at mile marker 4.3