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HDOT Joins Nationwide Campaign to Remind Motorists to Tie Down Cargo to Prevent Injury and Road Debris   HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) joins 46 other states in reminding motorists to “Secure Your Load.” The reminder is part of the nationwide campaign to raise awareness of the importance of securing your load, ...
Read More HDOT reminds all road users to “secure your load” for safer Hawaiʻi roads

KONA, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) will close Runway 17-35 at the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) for one night, from 10 p.m., Wednesday, June 11, 2025, to 6 a.m., Thursday, June 12, 2025, as part of an ongoing runway rehabilitation project. The runway has been operating at a ...
Read More Runway rehabilitation project continues at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole

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 nightly from 9 p.m. to 11:59 p.m, from Tuesday, June 10 to Thursday, June 12 ...
Read More Night hauling of modular homes to resume next week

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) is notifying Oʻahu the afternoon of Wednesday, June 4.    After the discovery of two damaged overhead transmission circuits in the Koʻolau mountains, Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) will be deenergizing both circuits to make repairs over the next two weeks. Due to the nature of the work, power ...
Read More Emergency utility repairs to deenergize lights in Wilson Tunnel, beginning Wednesday, June 4

KONA, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the planned reduction of the speed limit on the Mamalahoa Highway (Route 11) between the Honaunau Elementary School Driveway and vicinity of Captain Cook Village Road (mile posts 106.5 and 109.0).   Effective from the installation of new speed-limit signage on June 9, 2025, the ...
Read More Fatalities, crashes and near-misses lead to speed reduction for part of Mamalahoa Highway