Department of Transportation

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) reminds travelers to give themselves extra time at airports statewide during Easter weekend and the 62nd annual Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo, which starts Easter Sunday, April 20, and culminates on Saturday, April 26. The week-long cultural festival is expected to draw thousands of participants and enthusiasts ...
Read More HDOT Advises Travelers to Plan Ahead for Busy Easter and Merrie Monarch Festival Travel

  HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies O‘ahu motorists of the upcoming nightly closures of the Hālawa and H-3 Freeway off-ramps (Exit 1D and Exit 1E) from the westbound Moanalua Freeway (Route H-201) for work activities on the Hālawa Interchange.  Work hours are Sunday evenings, from 8 p.m. through 5:30 a.m. the ...
Read More Nightly closures of Hālawa/ H-3 Freeway off-ramps from Moanalua Freeway, week of April 27

KEKAHA, Hawaiʻi — The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the completion of the work to replace three 54-inch culverts on Kaumualiʻi Highway near the Kīkīaola Boat harbor, with four new 48-inch reinforced high-density polyethylene culverts and two new small concrete walls at the entrance and exit. The culvert replacement required closing one lane 24/7 ...
Read More 24/7 lane closure on Kaumualiʻi Highway in Kekaha near Kīkīaola boat harbor ends

KAHULUI, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users that storm-related repairs on Kekaulike Avenue (Route 377) in Kula have been completed. Kekaulike Avenue between Waiakoa Road and ʻAlae Road will be reopened by noon, Thursday, April 17, a month ahead of schedule. Kekaulike Avenue was closed in both directions in September 2024, ...
Read More Kekaulike Avenue between Waiakoa Road and ʻAlae Road to reopen

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 9 p.m., Wednesday, April 16. The transport will involve trucks in a caravan that ...
Read More Modular homes for wildfire survivors to be in transit next week

Update 4/11/25: There will be no road striping and pavement marker installation work today, Friday, April 11.  KAHULUI, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of lane shifts on the Lahaina Bypass due to road striping and pavement marker installation work between Kai Hele Kū Street and Hōkiokio Place. The work will take ...
Read More Update: Road striping and pavement marker installation work on Lahaina Bypass

LĪHU‘E, HAWAIʻI – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) and Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters (ARFF), along with mutual aid partners Kaua‘i Fire Department (KFD), Kaua‘i Police Department (KPD), American Medical Response (AMR) and Wilcox Medical Center, will conduct an emergency response exercise at Līhu‘e Airport (LIH) on Tuesday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to 12 ...
Read More Interagency Mass Rescue Training Exercise to Take Place at Līhu‘e Airport, April 15

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) issues the following notice for a full closure of the eastbound lanes on Farrington Highway as part of the Maʻipalaoa Bridge project. Crews will be closing the eastbound lanes of Farrington Highway, in the vicinity of Maʻipalaoa Bridge and Maʻipalaoa Road, nightly, on the evenings of Sunday, ...
Read More Full closure of eastbound Farrington Highway, evening of Sunday, April 27

LĪHUʻE, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of the upcoming closures of the makai Wailua Plantation bridge (Mayor Bryan J. Baptiste Memorial Bridge). The bridge will be closed from 9 p.m. Monday April 14 through 5 a.m. Tuesday, April 15, with a possibility of closing from 9 p.m. Tuesday, April ...
Read More Full closure of Wailua Plantation bridge April 14

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises domestic air travelers departing out of the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) to allow for extra time for pre-flight baggage inspection due to staffing capacity at U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection stations. Starting Sunday, April 6, only one agricultural inspection station will be open ...
Read More HDOT Advises Domestic Air Travelers to Allow Extra Time for Pre-Flight Agricultural Inspection