HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) provides road users an update on the Joseph P. Leong Highway and Kamehameha Highway Rehabilitation project between Kapuhi Street and the ʻŌpaeʻula Stream Bridge. Due to the observed traffic conditions during the daytime schedule announced in May (see https://hidot.hawaii.gov/blog/2025/05/08/joseph-p-leong-highway-and-kamehameha-highway-rehabilitation-continues-with-daytime-schedule/), HDOT is suspending the paving in the Waimea ...
Read More Daytime work in Waimea for J.P. Leong Highway and Kamehameha Highway Rehabilitation suspended
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HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) has extended the deadline for public comments on Hawaiʻi’s first statewide Energy Security and Waste Reduction Plan, to Sunday, August 31, 2025. The draft plan and online comment form is available at: https://highways.hidot.hawaii.gov/stories/s/h9gp-xxmt The plan provides strategies for the transportation sector to achieve the state climate targets set ...
Read More Public comment period for state Transportation Energy Security and Waste Reduction Plan extended to August 31
Update 8/1/25: Traffic on Puʻunēnē Avenue between West Kamehameha Avenue and Hololeʻa Street will continue to be limited to one lane in each direction 24/7 at least through Friday, Aug. 8. KAHULUI, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of 24/7 lane closures on Puʻunēnē Avenue (Route 3500) between West Kamehameha ...
Read More Update: 24/7 lane closures on Puʻunēnē Avenue for affordable housing sewer line work
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) encourages drivers to take to take a simple step to increase vehicle safety by checking online for vehicle safety recalls and getting any necessary repairs done. Last year, 1,073 safety recalls nationwide affected more than 35 million vehicles and pieces of equipment, including tires and car seats. ...
Read More HDOT Encourages Vehicle Owners to Check for Safety Recalls
HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies the public of the cancelation of additional daytime work on Farrington Highway, from Nānākuli to Ko Olina, for safety improvements along the highway. Due to in-field observations from the contractor, setup and removal of the work area provides only about three hours of active work a ...
Read More Cancelation of Farrington Highway Safety Improvements additional daytime closures
HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) is providing this update on the Joseph P. Leong Highway and Kamehameha Highway Rehabilitation – From Waimea Bay Beach Park to ʻŌpaeʻula Stream Bridge. HDOT has received complaints from members of the surrounding community frustrated by the traffic from this project and suggesting night work options. This ...
Read More Kamehameha Highway Rehabilitation to begin work fronting Waimea Bay, Monday, July 21
HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies the public of of night work on the H-1 Freeway, at the McCully Street Overpass, for subsurface utility work. Work will occur nightly on Sunday, July 20 through Friday, July 25 from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Crews will work on each direction of the freeway, ...
Read More Night work on the H-1 Freeway near the McCully Street overpass, week of Sunday, July 20
HONOLULU – The state of Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT), in partnership with four counties, unveiled new all-electric, zero-emission buses bound for Kauaʻi, Maui and Hawaiʻi Island. These new buses, manufactured by Gillig, spark a major milestone toward a sustainable future for transportation across the entire state of Hawaiʻi. “The arrival of these new alternative energy, ...
Read More New zero-emission buses bound for Kauaʻi, Maui and Hawaiʻi Island
LĪHUʻE, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies road users of the full nighttime closures of Kūhiō Highway (Route 560) between Hanalei Plantation Road and ʻŌhiki Road from Monday, July 28, through Monday, September 15, 2025. The closure will run nightly on weeknights from 11 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. the following day, ...
Read More Full closure of Kūhiō Highway at Hanalei Hill beginning Monday, July 28
HONOLULU – As part of the ongoing Runway and Taxiway Shoulders Rehabilitation Project at Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) is scheduled to close Runway 8R-26L nightly from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. for 20 calendar days from August 1, 2025, thru August 20, 2025. During the closures, ...
Read More Hawai‘i Department of Transportation to Conduct Runway Improvements at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport