Department of Transportation

HONOLULU – A bill that would have created an airport corporation to manage Hawaii’s 15 airports, failed to make it out of the State Legislature by today’s deadline. The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) and many other airport stakeholders strongly supported Senate Bill 658. The following quotes are responses to the measure’s unsuccessful bid this ...
Read More HDOT responds to the airport corporation bill failing to gain legislative approval

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists of closures on the H-201 Moanalua Freeway between the Middle Street Overpass and the Puuloa Road/Tripler Hospital offramp (Exit 3). Monday night, May 1, 2017 All lanes of the H-201 Moanalua Freeway will be closed in the westbound direction from 10:30 p.m. to 4:30 ...
Read More H-201 Moanalua Freeway closures begin Monday night, May 1, for message board removal

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), in coordination with the Airlines Committee of Hawaii, the Airport Concessionaires Committee, and various stakeholders agree the inefficiencies associated with the Airports Division system must be changed, which are reasons they support the airport corporation proposal currently being debated in the State Legislature. The current process requires ...
Read More HDOT and airport stakeholders support taking the state out of airport management

HILO – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) alerts the public it will be reopening the Umauma Bridge on Mamalahoa Highway (Route 19) in the vicinity of Hakalau on Monday, April 24, 2017. One lane of traffic will be contraflowed over the bridge beginning at 9 a.m., and the bridge will be open to two-way ...
Read More Umauma Bridge to reopen to two-way traffic on Monday, April 24

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division, in partnership with the Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD) of the Federal Highway Administration, is pleased to announce the beginning of the Kipapa Stream Bridge (Roosevelt) project. This project will improve the structural capacity, seismic retrofit, travel surface, and railings of the existing Roosevelt ...
Read More Rehabilitation work to begin on Kipapa Stream Bridge (Roosevelt) on Kamehameha Highway in Mililani

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announced it will continue to pursue its claims against Ciber, Inc., a consulting firm that failed to deliver a software implementation project for the State, as a creditor in Ciber’s recent bankruptcy filing. In a lawsuit pending since September 2015, HDOT has been litigating claims against Ciber ...
Read More HDOT responds to ciber bankruptcy filing and ciber counsel’s request to withdraw from the litigation

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) alerts the public that the Bingham Street offramp (Exit 24A) from the eastbound H-1 Freeway will be closed over a 24-hour period on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 through Thursday, April 13, 2017, for pavement reconstruction work. Roadwork may continue on Friday, April 14, 2017, if construction is ...
Read More H-1 Freeway eastbound Bingham Street offramp closed over a 24-hour period on April 12 – 13

HONOLULU — The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces that the temporary vehicle weight restriction for Ala Moana Boulevard between Piikoi and Queen Streets in both directions has been lifted as of today, April 12, 2017. The temporary weight restriction was put in place on March 2, 2017, to allow HDOT to install additional shoring ...
Read More Lifting of temporary 25 ton weight restriction for Ala Moana Boulevard between Piikoi and Queen Streets

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists of night closures on the Likelike Highway on Monday, April 17, 2017 and Tuesday, April 18, 2017, for LED lighting installations in the Wilson Tunnel. Lane closures are as follows: Closure of Likelike Highway in the Kaneohe-bound direction between Valley View Drive and Kahekili ...
Read More Likelike Highway nighttime closures on Monday, April 17 and Tuesday, April 18, for LED lighting installations in the Wilson Tunnel

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu residents that Runway 4R-22L will be closed early Saturday morning, April 15, 2017, from 12 a.m. to 5 a.m., for airfield survey work. During this time, flight patterns will be altered to use other operational runways which may cause an increase in air traffic over ...
Read More Runway 4R-22L temporarily closed at Honolulu International Airport Saturday, April 15, for airfield survey work