Department of Transportation

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises highway users of a full closure of Kalaniana‘ole Highway (Route 72) between Lunalilo Home Road and Kealahou Street beginning at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, through 5 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25. The full closure is needed while the contractor works to remove roughly 100 cubic yards ...
Read More Kalaniana‘ole Highway closed between Lunalilo Home Road and Kealahou Street Monday night

KAHULUI, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of potential traffic delays due to night lane closures at the intersection of Honoapiʻilani Highway (Route 30) and Kapunakea Street in Lahaina for sewer line and paving work for the Kaiāulu o Kūkuʻia Affordable Housing project. One lane each in the northbound and southbound direction on ...
Read More Closures at Honoapiʻilani Highway and Kapunakea Street intersection for continued sewer line work

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) is providing notice of its intent to declare a traffic emergency zone on Kalaniana‘ole Highway (Route 72) between the Lānaʻi Lookout and the Hālona Lookout. This notice is pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes § 264-1.5. Following the heavy rains late last month, HDOT received an email from ...
Read More Traffic Emergency Zone hearing for Kalaniana‘ole Highway near Hālona Lookout

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation is providing notice of virtual public meetings for updates to the Regional Long-Range Land Transportation Plans for Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i Island (The Plan).   The new regional long-range plans, titled “Federal-Aid Highways 2035 Transportation Plans for the Districts of Maui, Hawai‘i, and Kaua‘i,” were last updated in July 2014. ...
Read More Public meeting announcements for updates to Regional Long-Range Land Transportation Plan

KAHULUI, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of potential traffic delays as modular homes for wildfire survivors are transported from Kahului to the state’s Ka Laʻi Ola housing site in Lahaina. Hauling will take place at 8 p.m., on Wednesday, Feb. 19 and then at 9:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20 ...
Read More Modular homes for wildfire survivors will be transported to Lahaina this week

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) is pleased to announce that the state’s Airports System has successfully raised $849 million in bond financing to fund approximately $600 million of essential projects to upgrade and expand airport infrastructure, including runway repairs, terminal renovations, security enhancements and the construction of new facilities. The financing also ...
Read More Hawai‘i Airports System Successfully Issues 9 Million of Bonds, Representing Largest Issue in its History

CORRECTION: This correction adds information on another day of closures below. The previous release only listed the closure from Wednesday, Feb. 19 to Thursday, Feb. 20. The traffic control pattern has been modified from the version that went out this morning. KAHULUI, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises highway users that eastbound and ...
Read More Correction: Night lane closures on Kaʻahumanu Avenue for paving work

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation is providing notice of proposed amendments to the Hawai‘i Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Revision #3, for Federal Fiscal Years (FFY) 2025 to 2028. The STIP document identifies ground transportation projects and programs for federal highway or transit funding.   HDOT is amending the current STIP that was approved ...
Read More Notice of amendments to the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program document for Fiscal Year 2025-2028

KAPAʻA, Kauaʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of a single lane closure on Kūhiō Highway (Route 56) at the Big Save Kapaʻa intersection from 11 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, to 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19.   The old traffic signal brackets need to be replaced to keep traffic signal heads ...
Read More Alternating traffic on Kūhiō Highway at Big Save Kapaʻa

KONA, Hawai‘i — The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies the public that Hawai‘i District Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) units will conduct live fire training exercises at the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) and the Hilo International Airport (ITO) on Monday, Feb. 10 through Wednesday, Feb. 12, from 8 a.m. to ...
Read More Annual Live Fire Exercise at Kona and Hilo Airports, Feb. 10-12