Highways News

HONOLULU – Gov. Neil Abercrombie and the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) celebrated the substantial completion of the H-1 Freeway Rehabilitation Project at a dedication ceremony this morning at Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, overlooking the freeway. The project reconstructed and resurfaced one of the most heavily traveled corridors in the state and added an extra ...
Read More Completion of H-1 Freeway Rehabilitation Project Provides Improved Commute For Oahu Motorists

HONOLULU –Gov. Neil Abercrombie and Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT) Interim Director Ford Fuchigami joined the state’s Walk Wise Hawaii partners today in Executive Chambers to kick off the 5th annual Pedestrian Safety Month in Hawaii. Hawaii is the only state in the nation with a statewide pedestrian safety month, and the launch included a ...
Read More Hawaii Launches 5th Annual Statewide ‘Pedestrian Safety Month’

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation will be holding its second round of statewide public informational meetings to discuss the fiscally constrained draft of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for Fiscal Years 2015-2018 (+2). The STIP is a four-year plan that identifies state and county transportation projects to be funded, in part, with ...
Read More Second Round of Public Informational Meetings Scheduled for Statewide Transportation Improvement Program

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists of ongoing road work on the H-1 Freeway Airport Viaduct, and closures on Nimitz Highway, for deck repairs. Closures on Nimitz Highway are a safety precaution due to hydro-demolition work occurring above. This project will replace approximately 94,000 square feet of concrete deck on ...
Read More Reminder to Motorists: H-1 Freeway Airport Viaduct Deck Repairs Continue on Weekends

HONOLULU – As part of the Hawaii Department of Transportation’s (HDOT) goal of improving the state’s highway infrastructure, HDOT is partnering with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Central Federal Lands Highways Division (CFLHD) to deliver 11 bridge projects throughout the state. This partnership will supplement the state’s current project delivery process and get additional projects ...
Read More Eleven Highway Bridge Projects To Be Expedited With Innovative Federal/State Partnership

HONOLULU – As the H1 Freeway Rehabilitation Project nears completion, lane closures are scheduled to allow for the installation of the new fourth lane in the westbound direction and for continuing work in the eastbound direction. Upcoming work will include light pole removals and installations, electrical conduit relocations and wall demolition and reconstruction. Weekend Lane ...
Read More H1 Freeway Rehab Project Lane Closures Planned This Weekend

HONOLULU – The state Department of Transportation (DOT) advises Oahu motorists of three right lane closures on the H-1 Freeway in the westbound direction between the Kaamilo Street Overpass and the Pearl City/Waimalu Off-Ramp (Exit 10), and two right lane closures on the H-1 Freeway in the westbound direction between the Pearl City/Waimalu Off-Ramp (Exit ...
Read More H-1 Freeway Sunday Lane Closures Westbound from Aiea to Waipahu

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises drivers of full closures of the H-1 Freeway in the eastbound direction from the vicinity of Likelike Highway to the vicinity of Ward Avenue from midnight Friday, June 27, until 8 a.m. Saturday, June 28, and from midnight Saturday, June 28, until 8 a.m. Sunday, June ...
Read More H1 Rehab Project Eastbound Full Closures Friday & Saturday, Midnight to 8 AM

HONOLULU – The state Department of Transportation (DOT) advises Oahu motorists that the nighttime two-lane closures on Vineyard Boulevard in the westbound direction between Palama Street and Halona Street have been extended an extra night for emergency repairs. Closures will continue from Tuesday night, June 24, through Thursday morning, June 26, from 8:30 p.m. to ...
Read More Extra Night Added for Vineyard Boulevard Pavement Resurfacing

HONOLULU – The state Department of Transportation (DOT) advises Oahu motorists of nighttime two-lane closures on Vineyard Boulevard in the westbound direction between Palama Street and Halona Street on Monday night, June 23, through Wednesday morning, June 25, from 8:30 p.m. to 4 a.m., nightly, for pavement resurfacing. The H-1 Freeway westbound on-ramp from Halona ...
Read More Vineyard Boulevard Nightwork Scheduled for Pavement Resurfacing