Highways News

HONOLULU – Last Saturday, Feb. 13 HDOT maintenance crews were working on scraping shoulders on Farrington Highway. Shoulder scraping is required to maintain the safety of the facility to ensure they are clear for highway usage and that the vegetation does not move into the shoulder and travel way. A schedule had been previously set ...
Read More No maintenance work scheduled on Farrington Highway in Nanakuli Feb. 20

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is moving forward with repair plans on Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa. Beginning Saturday, Feb, 13, 2016, crews will remove the damaged asphalt and guardrail, fill the area with controlled low strength material (CLSM), install a new guardrail and repave the roadway. The work is estimated to be ...
Read More Repair plans finalized for damaged area of Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists that the northbound or makai lane on Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa Valley Road and Kanenelu Beach in Kaaawa is closed until further notice. Traffic will continue to be contraflowed in the southbound or mauka lane as a precaution. The shoulder portion of the Highway ...
Read More One lane on Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa to remain closed until further notice

HONOLULU —The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is postponing planned lane closures on Kamehameha Highway along Oahu’s North Shore in anticipation of thousands of people venturing to Waimea Bay to watch the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau surf tournament. Previously planned utility installation, repairs and lane striping work will be postponed Wednesday, Feb. 10, ...
Read More HDOT postpones lane closures and projects on Kamehameha Highway for Eddie Aikau Tournament

HILO – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Big Island motorists of a 24-hour one lane closure on Hawaii Belt Road at Mile Post 15 in the vicinity of Hakalau. The closure begins Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. and will be ongoing until Friday, Mar. 11, 2016. A single lane closure is ...
Read More 24-hour one lane closure on Hawaii Belt Road in Hakalau to begin Monday, Feb. 1

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces that starting Monday, Jan. 25, Honolulu Police Department officers will monitor and direct traffic flow at the intersection of Kalaeloa Boulevard and Farrington Highway in Kapolei. When available, officers will continue be posted at the current 2-way stop to help with the afternoon traffic congestion that ...
Read More HDOT to expedite traffic flow at a busy Kapolei intersection

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists that the Likelike Highway will be closed in the Honolulu-bound direction between Kahekili Highway and Valley View Drive on Saturday night, Jan. 23, through Sunday morning, Jan. 24, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., for tunnel cleaning and maintenance at the Wilson Tunnel. Electronic ...
Read More Likelike Highway Honolulu-bound closed Saturday night, Jan. 23, for tunnel cleaning

The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is reminding all ignition interlock permit holders that a new law requires them to have the permit and a valid State of Hawaii identification card in their immediate possession while operating a vehicle equipped with the ignition interlock device. The new law, Act 40, goes into effect on Jan. ...
Read More New law requires ignition users to drive with Hawaii State Identification Card

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces that beginning Jan. 4, 2016*, the public may apply for a limited purpose instruction permit, limited purpose provisional driver’s license, or a limited purpose driver’s license. A Limited Purpose credential does not require documentary proof of legal presence and/or proof of a social security number. The ...
Read More Hawaii’s limited purpose driver’s license, provisional driver’s license and instruction permit effective Jan. 1, 2016

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists that the H-3 Freeway will be closed in the Kaneohe-bound direction between the Halawa Interchange and the Likelike Highway Underpass beginning Saturday night, Dec. 19, from 7 p.m. through 7 a.m. Sunday morning, Dec. 20, for routine tunnel cleaning and maintenance at the Harano ...
Read More H-3 Freeway Kaneohe-bound closed Saturday night Dec. 19 for tunnel cleaning