Highways News

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), together with all four county police departments and child passenger safety advocates, will participate in National Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept. 17-23, 2017. During Child Passenger Safety Week and year round, Hawaii’s child passenger safety technicians are dedicated to educating parents and caregivers on how to properly ...
Read More Hawaii participates in National Child Passenger Safety Week with free car seat checks statewide

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Oahu motorists that Likelike Highway will be closed from Saturday night through Sunday morning over two weekends in September and October, for routine maintenance and systems repair at the Wilson Tunnels. Lane closures are as follows. Likelike Highway will be closed in the Honolulu-bound direction between ...
Read More Likelike Highway closures scheduled for routine maintenance in the Wilson Tunnels

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announced this week it has filed a motion to dismiss the Ciber, Inc. lawsuit contending Ciber has failed to prosecute the case and has continued to stall the proceedings. In addition, Ciber has failed to respond to discovery requests despite being ordered by the court to provide ...
Read More HDOT Files motion to dismiss Ciber, Inc. lawsuit

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists that the westbound H-1 Freeway will be closed at night in the vicinity of the Radford Drive Overpass to install a permanent dynamic message sign. See closure details below. Thursday night, Sept. 14, 2017, through Friday morning, Sept. 15, 2017 Three lanes will be ...
Read More Overnight closure of the westbound H-1 Freeway at the Radford Drive Overpass scheduled for Thursday night, Sept. 14

Additional money to be used for improvement projects on Hawaii, Oahu, and Kauai HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division received notice that it will receive an additional $41,149,572 in funding for its Federal-aid Highway Program through the Federal Highways Administration (FHWA) Fiscal Year 2017 fund redistribution. Hawaii’s share of the funding ...
Read More Governor Ige secures additional million in highway federal funding

KAILUA-KONA – As work continues on the Queen Kaahumanu Highway Widening, Phase 2 project, access to the Hawaii Ocean Science and Technology (HOST) Park from the north bound Queen Kaahumanu Highway will available via the new fourth leg of the Kaiminani Drive intersection thanks to the opening of the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority ...
Read More Queen Kaahumanu Highway Widening, Phase II update: NELHA Frontage Road opens Tuesday, September 5, 2017

KAILUA-KONA – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the transition of vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic to the newly paved Makai section of the Queen Kaahumanu Highway. Two-way traffic will be shifted between Hina Lani Street and a point north of Keahole Airport Road from the existing Mauka roadway to the new Makai portion ...
Read More Traffic transitioning to Makai portion of Queen Kaahumanu Highway beginning Wednesday, August 23, 2017

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists that the H-3 Freeway will be closed in alternating directions, for LED lighting work in the Harano Tunnel. Lane closures are as follows: Honolulu-bound direction H-3 Freeway will be closed in the Honolulu-bound direction between the Kamehameha Highway Underpass and the Halawa Interchange on ...
Read More H-3 Freeway overnight closures scheduled for LED lighting work in the Harano Tunnel

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the Zipper Lane and Nimitz Highway express lane will be open and available for use on the Statehood holiday, August 18, 2017. HDOT is opening the Zipper lane and the associated Nimitz Highway express lane on Statehood Day as a pilot project to examine potential benefits ...
Read More Zipper Lane to be open for use on the Statehood holiday, August 18, 2017

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies motorists of the opening of a contraflow lane on Kahekili Highway from Hui Iwa Street to Haiku Road on Monday, August 21, 2017, in time for the resumption of classes at the University of Hawaii. The Kahekili contraflow will operate in the southbound (Honolulu bound) direction ...
Read More Kahekili Highway AM Contraflow to begin Monday, August 21, 2017