Administration

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) will be holding its second round of statewide public informational meetings to discuss the fiscally constrained Draft Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for Fiscal Year 2019-2022 (+2). Fiscal constraint of the new STIP was done using technical information from HDOT’s management systems, information on project schedules and ...
Read More Statewide Transportation Improvement Program public informational meetings scheduled for Hawaii Island and Kauai

KAILUA-KONA – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the activation of a new traffic signal at the intersection of Queen Kaahumanu Highway and the entrance to the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park. The traffic signal will be activated at 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2018 and was installed as part of the Queen Kaahumanu Highway ...
Read More New traffic signal on Queen Kaahumanu Highway at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park entrance to be active from July 17, 2018

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) hosted a naming and blessing ceremony for its newly designated Marine Highway Monday, July 9, 2018, at Pier 38 at Honolulu Harbor. Lauren Brand, a representative of the Maritime Administration (MARAD) of the U.S. Department of Transportation, presented to Governor David Ige a certificate officially designating the ...
Read More State waterways receive official designation as the Daniel K. Akaka Marine Highway

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division is excited to announce a new trial program designed to provide Oahu commuters with a choice of the faster route between the H-1 Freeway Airport Viaduct or the H-201 Moanalua Freeway. For the initial launch on Monday, July 16, 2018, two Dynamic Message Signs (DMS) ...
Read More HDOT launches new travel time messages to help drivers choose the faster route

Study recommends closure will improve freeway travel times with minimal impacts to side streets HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has completed and reviewed its study on the Piikoi Street onramp to the eastbound H-1 Freeway and is announcing the ramp will be closed on weekdays during the afternoon peak hours from 3:00 ...
Read More Eastbound Piikoi Street onramp to close during weekday afternoon commute hours

VOLCANO, Hawaii – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises the public of a single lane closure on Highway 11 between Piimauna Drive and the entrance to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park for pavement repairs. The lane closure is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m., Thursday, July 5, 2018 and is scheduled to end by 5 ...
Read More Lane closure on Highway 11 near Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Thursday, July 5

HILO – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is reminding the public that the speed limit on Highway 130 (Keaau-Pahoa Road) in the vicinity of the cracks at mile markers 14.4 and 14.6 has been lowered to 25 mph since May 27, 2018. “We’re thankful for the work our crews and partners have put in ...
Read More Safety restrictions on speed, parking remain for Highway 130 in lower Puna

HONOLULU – As election season heats up, the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) reminds everyone that outdoor advertising, including political campaign signage, is prohibited within the State Highway’s right of way. Highways Maintenance staff and residents have reported increases in illegally placed signage within HDOT jurisdiction. HDOT is providing this reminder as a courtesy to ...
Read More Election year reminder from HDOT Highways

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) updates the public on the rehabilitation work on the H-1 Freeway from Waimalu to Halawa for the Shoulder Work and Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation project. Construction has installed 654 of 1,279 precast panel pieces on the H-1 Freeway between Waimalu and Halawa as of June 2018. ...
Read More HDOT update on the precast panel work for the H-1 Freeway rehabilitation from Waimalu to Halawa

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division, Oahu District, won two Silver Awards for its Trash Free Hawaii public service campaign at the 2018 Pele Awards. The Pele Awards are an annual advertising and design competition organized by the American Advertising Federation – Hawaii. HDOT’s Trash Free Hawaii campaign was launched with ...
Read More Award winning HDOT “Trash Free Hawaii” PSAs to air on select Hawaiian Airlines flights beginning in July