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HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Oahu highways users of nightly closures of one direction at a time for the Nimitz Highway and Ala Moana Boulevard Resurfacing – Sand Island Access Road to Vicinity of Piikoi Street. Closures scheduled for the upcoming week, Sunday, Nov. 14 through Thursday, Nov. 18 are: Westbound ...
Read More Nighttime closures for Nimitz Highway and Ala Moana Boulevard resurfacing starts Nov. 14

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

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

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

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has developed a survey to better understand your bicycle needs, priorities, and challenges. It will take you about 5 minutes to complete. Please take the survey today!—it closes on December 31, 2021. This survey is part of the Bike Plan Hawaii Refresh.  This effort began in 2020 ...
Read More Online survey to gather comments on state bikeway needs