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New Initiative Enhances Checkpoint Experience for Traveling Families This Summer HONOLULU – The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) latest initiative is designed to put families first and enhance their airport security screening experience during the busy summer travel season and beyond. Daniel K. Inouye International Airport has launched dedicated family lanes to recognize the unique challenges ...
Read More TSA News Release: TSA Launches “Families on the Fly” Campaign in Honolulu

KAHULUI, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies road users that a portion of Honoapiʻilani Highway (Route 30) at the intersection with Akahele Street will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, Aug. 21 for the installation of an emergency warning siren. The left turn lane, through lane and right ...
Read More Emergency siren installation work to close lanes on Honoapiʻilani Highway near Kapalua Airport

LĪHUʻE, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) invites interested parties to attend an environmental open house for the proposed Kaumualiʻi Highway Improvements between Anonui Street and Maluhia Road. The open house will be  Tuesday, August 26 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Kaua‘i Community College Fine Arts Auditorium at 3-1901 Kaumuali‘i Highway.   HDOT ...
Read More Open house for Kaumualiʻi Highway improvements Tuesday, August 26

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation has launched two new free airport wayfinding apps designed to make the airport experience less stressful and more enjoyable for travelers. The HNL Airport app for the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport and LIH Airport app for the Lῑhuʻe Airport offer travelers a new mobility tool to navigate ...
Read More HDOT Launches New Apps to Enhance Passenger Experience at Honolulu and Lῑhuʻe Airports

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) reminds motorists of the return of nearly 50,000 students to roadways across the state, as happens annually in mid-August. This year’s Beat the School Jam campaign running on local television and radio stations focuses on some of the ways sharing a ride can reduce time and frustration ...
Read More Beat the School Jam by riding together this school year

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) issues the following notice for a right lane closure of eastbound Farrington Highway for work on the makai railing of the Maʻipalaoa Bridge.  Crews will be closing the right eastbound lane of Farrington Highway in the vicinity of Maʻipalaoa Bridge and Maʻipalaoa Road from 8:30 a.m. to ...
Read More Right lane closure on eastbound Farrington Highway, week of Monday, Aug. 11

Update: 8/20/25:  There will be no further lane closures this week on South Puʻunēnē Avenue between West Kamehameha Avenue and Hololeʻa Street as sewer line work for the Hale Pilina affordable housing complex has been completed.  KAHULUI, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users that the 24/7 lane closures for sewer ...
Read More Update: Lane closures to be altered on Puʻunēnē Avenue for affordable housing project

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of the permanent revision to the posted speed limit on Likelike Highway (Route 63) in Kalihi at the intersection of School Street, from 25 mph to 35 mph.    Effective from the installation of the new speed limit signage on Wednesday, Aug. 13, the speed ...
Read More Speed limit will be 35 mph at Likelike Highway and School Street

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of the extension of work as part of the H-1 Airport Viaduct Improvements project.   Last week crews began the installation of expansion joint overlays along the work area and ran into issues with the rubber joint seals delaminating, or separating, from the roadway.  Due ...
Read More Work extension through December for westbound H-1 Freeway/Airport Viaduct Project

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies drivers of a full closure of the Hālona Street and Likelike Highway on-ramps to the westbound H-1 Freeway on the evening of Friday, Aug. 8 in support of the H-1 Freeway Widening project.  Crews will close two right lanes on the westbound H-1 Freeway between the ...
Read More Upcoming full closures as part of the eastbound H-1 Freeway Improvements Project