Department of Transportation

HILO – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is notifying the public of lead contamination mitigation work being performed below and in the vicinity of the Hakalau Bridge in Hawaii County. Initial tests discovered lead in the soil around the base of the bridge structure that exceeded allowable levels. Additional soil testing will determine the ...
Read More Area beneath two Hawaii bridges being tested for lead contamination

UPDATE:  The work referenced below on the H-1 Freeway eastbound in Kapolei has finished ahead of schedule. The remaining scheduled overnight closures beginning Sept. 28 & 29 are no longer necessary. The H-1 Freeway will remain open as normal. HDOT thanks the public for planning ahead while we make the infrastructure improvements. HONOLULU – The ...
Read More H-1 Freeway eastbound closure scheduled for the Kapolei Interchange phase 2 project

KONA — The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the opening of the intersection of Queen Kaahumanu Highway and Waikoloa Road to traffic in all directions beginning Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. The intersection at Mile Post 75 on Route 19 was previously a three-way intersection. HDOT Highways Division, Hawaii District permitted the addition of an ...
Read More New traffic pattern at Waikoloa intersection with Queen Kaahumanu Highway begins Monday, September 26

LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is alerting the public of a temporary closure of the Wailua River Bridge (mauka bridge) for emergency repair work to nearby power lines beginning at midnight Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. All traffic will be detoured to Cane Haul Bridge. The detour onto the Cane Haul Bridge will ...
Read More Wailua Bridge to temporarily close to allow for emergency line repair

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached with community and environmental leaders for the Honoapiilani Highway shoreline protection project at Olowalu. HDOT will modify the project to include restriping and repair of the existing revetment. The revised plan will restripe the highway and move ...
Read More Agreement reached in protection of Honoapiilani Highway at Olowalu

HONOLULU – The State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Highways Division (HDOT) will be holding a public information meeting on the Kalanianaole Highway Improvement Project Phase 1, between the Olomana Golf Course and the Vicinity of Poalima Street. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the ongoing construction activities for Phase 1 and to ...
Read More Public information meeting scheduled regarding the Kalanianaole Highway improvements project phase 1

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is teaming up with the four county police departments and child passenger safety advocates to promote National Child Passenger Safety Week, September 18-24. During Child Passenger Safety Week and throughout the year, Hawaii’s child passenger safety technicians are dedicated to helping parents and caregivers learn how to ...
Read More Hawaii celebrates National Child Passenger Safety Week with free car seat checks statewide

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists of nighttime closures on the Pali Highway during the months of September, October and November for the replacement of the Pali Highway Tunnel lighting. LED lights will be installed through the Pali Tunnels as part of the Johnson Control energy savings contract and HDOT’s ...
Read More Pali Highway roadwork scheduled for tunnel lighting replacements

Demonstration to focus on operational considerations for transition to a mileage based user fee for highway maintenance HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division, in partnership with the four county governments, is planning to test a statewide mileage based user fee as a potential source of revenue for the State Highway Fund. ...
Read More Hawaii Department of Transportation plans mileage based user fee demonstration using federal grant

UPDATE: Continuous weekend lane closures on H-2 rescheduled to Oct. 7-9, 2016 due to forecasted wet weather conditions HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) alerts the public that a previously scheduled two lane closure on the northbound H-2 Freeway between the Ka Uka Boulevard Overpass and the Kipapa Bridge has been cancelled due ...
Read More Continuous weekend lane closures on the H-2 Freeway rescheduled