WAILUKU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces that the street signs at the Piʻilani Highway and Kūlanihākoʻi Street intersection will be replaced as part of the Piʻilani Highway Intersection Improvements Project. Under the policy announced on March 1, 2022, HDOT is providing a two-week comment period for the Hawaiian spelling of the signs ...
Read More Hawaiian diacritical markings to be added to signs at Pi’ilani Highway and Kūlanihāko’i Street intersection
News
STATEWIDE – The Hawaii State Department of the Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division is requesting applications and requests for information for the Transportation Alternatives (TA) Program funding (FY 2022-2026). The TA program provides planning, design, and construction funding for projects that encourage the use and enhance the experience of alternative modes of transportation (e.g., biking, walking, ...
Read More Request for Transportation Alternatives Project Applications
LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Kauai residents that the ʻEleʻele Pedestrian Overpass on Kaumualiʻi Highway (Route 50), just past its intersection with ʻEleʻele Road and Waialo Road, is now open to the public. A June 2020 collision at the pedestrian overpass, which crosses Kaumualiʻi Highway at the ʻEleʻele Shopping Center, produced ...
Read More ʻEleʻele Pedestrian Overpass at Kaumualiʻi Highway and Waialo Road, now open to public
HONOLULU – At the direction of Governor David Ige, the Hawaii Department of Transportation will light Aloha Tower yellow and blue to show support for Ukrainians as they continue to defend their country against Russia. “The lighting of Aloha Tower in the colors of the Ukrainian flag symbolizes Hawaiʻi’s support for the people of Ukraine. ...
Read More The State of Hawaii showing support for Ukraine by lighting Aloha Tower blue and yellow
HONOLULU – In conjunction with the end of Mahina ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i (Hawaiian language month) in February, the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces Hawaiian names and words on new or replacement highway signs shall include kahakō and ʻokina in conformance with Hawaiian language resources. This policy is effective immediately. “We are honored and excited today to announce ...
Read More HDOT to use Hawaiian diacritical markings on new and replacement highway signs
HILO – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) Airports Division wants to inform the public living around the Hilo Airport (ITO) of three days of training by the Hawai‘i Air National Guard (HIANG). The local training exercise will run from March 3 to 6. Hilo residents, and other residents of Hawai‘i Island, can expect increased ...
Read More Hawaii Air National Guard to hold training exercises at Hilo Airport
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Oahu motorists of an emergency three-lane closure for repairs of the westbound H-1 Freeway, between the Airport Exit and Radford Pedestrian Overpass, on Saturday evening, Feb. 26 through Sunday morning, Feb. 27, from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. It has come to our attention that lane ...
Read More Emergency night work for restriping of westbound H-1 Freeway, Saturday, Feb. 26
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies the public that up to four lanes will be closed on the H-1 Freeway in the eastbound direction on the Airport Viaduct on Sunday night, Feb. 27, through Monday morning, March. 7, nightly, for surface treatment work. Closure schedule is as follows. Sunday 2/27 4 left ...
Read More Up to four lanes closed on the eastbound H-1 Airport Viaduct on Sunday, Feb. 27, through Sunday, March 6
KAHULUI – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies the public that the speed limit on North Kihei Road will be reduced permanently from 45 mph to 35 mph, between the Maalea Power Plant access and Sugar Beach (mile point 1 and mile point 3.1), beginning Friday, Feb. 25. The purpose of the speed reduction ...
Read More Speed limit on North Kihei Road reduced permanently to 35 mph beginning Feb. 25
KAHULUI – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), Highways Division, invites the community to a town hall meeting, which includes a question and answer session regarding the proposal to construct improvements to Honoapiilani Highway (State Route 30) between Launiupoko and Ukumehame that would address the roadway’s vulnerability to coastal hazards and sea level rise. HDOT ...
Read More Honoapiilani Highway Improvements Public Townhall Meeting – February 22, and February 24, 2022