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HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is finalizing repair plans for the section of Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa that suffered damage due to high surf action on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. The repair work will begin Tuesday, March 1, 2016, and is expected to be complete within a week. To expedite repairs, crews ...
Read More Repair plans completed for damaged area of Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa

HONOLULU — The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announced today that a favorable court decision issued earlier permits HDOT to pursue virtually all of its claims against consulting firm Ciber, Inc. arising out of a failed project to upgrade the computer accounting systems in HDOT’s Highways Division. In its decision, dated February 15, 2016, the ...
Read More Court ruling permits HDOT to pursue fraud claims against Ciber, Inc. for botching software implementation project and submitting false invoices

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) in coordination with the City & County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Management, Ocean Safety and the Honolulu Police Department will reopen Kamehameha Highway on Oahu’s North Shore that was closed due to high surf. Kamehameha was closed in both directions from Haleiwa to Turtle Bay from ...
Read More KAMEHAMEHA HIGHWAY ON OAHU’S NORTH SHORE REOPENED FOLLOWING HIGH SURF EVENT

HONOLULU – Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) in coordination with the City & County of Honolulu Department of Emergency Management, Ocean Safety and the Honolulu Police Department will be closing Kamehameha Highway in both directions from Haleiwa to Turtle Bay beginning at approximately 2:00 this afternoon due to wave action impacting the roadway. Road blocks ...
Read More Kamehameha Highway on Oahu’s North Shore to close due to high surf

UPDATE: The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) successfully completed its planned night work requiring a single lane closure on Kamehameha Highway across the Karsten Thot Bridge in Wahiawa. The overnight closures referenced in the news release below that were scheduled to continue until Mar. 11 are no longer necessary. Crews will continue to make progress ...
Read More Kamehameha Highway single lane closure at Karsten Thot Bridge in Wahiawa begins Sunday night, Feb. 21

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists that the Likelike Highway will be closed in the Kaneohe-bound direction between Valley View Drive and the Wilson Tunnel from 7 p.m. on Saturday night, Feb. 20, through 7 a.m. on Sunday morning, Feb. 21, for routine tunnel cleaning and maintenance. Electronic message boards ...
Read More Likelike Highway Kaneohe-bound closed Saturday night, Feb. 20, for tunnel cleaning

HONOLULU – Last Saturday, Feb. 13 HDOT maintenance crews were working on scraping shoulders on Farrington Highway. Shoulder scraping is required to maintain the safety of the facility to ensure they are clear for highway usage and that the vegetation does not move into the shoulder and travel way. A schedule had been previously set ...
Read More No maintenance work scheduled on Farrington Highway in Nanakuli Feb. 20

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) will temporarily close Runway 8R-26L (Reef Runway) for runway maintenance work at the Honolulu International Airport for four nights this week. During the closure, flights will be redirected to other operational runways which will alter their flight paths. This may increase air traffic noise over the Ewa ...
Read More Honolulu International Airport runway to temporarily close for maintenance

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is moving forward with repair plans on Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa. Beginning Saturday, Feb, 13, 2016, crews will remove the damaged asphalt and guardrail, fill the area with controlled low strength material (CLSM), install a new guardrail and repave the roadway. The work is estimated to be ...
Read More Repair plans finalized for damaged area of Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists that the northbound or makai lane on Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa Valley Road and Kanenelu Beach in Kaaawa is closed until further notice. Traffic will continue to be contraflowed in the southbound or mauka lane as a precaution. The shoulder portion of the Highway ...
Read More One lane on Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa to remain closed until further notice