Department of Transportation

HONOLULU — The state Department of Transportation advises Oahu motorists that the Kaneohe Bay Drive Rehabilitation Project will begin on Tuesday, October 22.  The project will include resurfacing, roadway reconstruction, shoulder widening, utility maintenance and installations of guardrails, pavement marking and signage over a two-mile stretch between Kamehameha Highway and Nanamoana Street.  The work will ...
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HONOLULU – The state Department of Transportation (DOT) advises Oahu motorists to be aware of lane closures and traffic pattern modifications on the H-1 Freeway between Likelike Highway and the vicinity of Ward Avenue. Beginning Sunday night, October 13, two lanes of traffic will be closed at 9 p.m. in both directions. This will leave ...
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HONOLULU  — The Hawaii Department of Transportation advises Oahu motorists of lane closures on Kalanianaole Highway between Lunalilo Home Road and Kealahou Street for bridge repairs. Construction begins Monday, October 7, through Friday, October 11, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily, and will continue through the end of the year. Traffic will be contraflowed ...
Read More Lane Closures on Kalanianaole Highway Between Hanauma Bay and Sandy Beach for Emergency Bridge Repairs

HONOLULU — The state Department of Transportation would like to advise Oahu motorists that there will be no work tonight, for the H-1 Rehabilitation Project due to rain. All lanes from Likelike Highway to Ward Avenue will remain open. Thank you for everyone’s cooperation.

HONOLULU — The state Department of Transportation would like to advise motorists that there will be no work tonight for the H-1 Rehabilitation Project due to rain. All lanes from Likelike Highway to Ward Avenue will remain open.                                     Thank you for everyone’s cooperation throughout the past few days.

HONOLULU – The state Department of Transportation (DOT) received an award for excellence from the Hawaii Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) for its Statewide Pedestrian Master Plan.  The Plan identifies the most critical needs of the state’s highway system infrastructure, including safety improvements or repairs, and will provide guidance for future projects to ...
Read More Statewide Pedestrian Master Plan Receives Transportation Award

KAHULUI – The Kahoma Stream Bridge in Lahaina, part of the Honoapiilani Highway Realignment Project, also known as the “Lahaina Bypass,” received the 2013 Overall Grand Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Hawaii Section, at a ceremony this past weekend.  The ASCE Hawaii Section annually recognizes an exemplary civil ...
Read More Kahoma Stream Bridge Construction Wins Outstanding Civil Engineering Award

HONOLULU – The State of Hawaii’s enhanced requirements for Driver’s Licenses and State Identification Cards have been deemed as fully compliant with the Real ID Act of 2005, following a review and certification by the Department of Homeland Security.  New identification requirements to prove “Legal Presence,” confirming that a person is either a U.S. citizen ...
Read More Hawaii Fully Compliant With Real ID Standards For Drivers Licenses, State Identification Cards

HONOLULU – The state Department of Transportation would like the public to be aware, plan and prepare, for a one-year rehabilitation project of the H-1 Freeway from Middle Street to the vicinity of Ward Avenue.  The first two nights of the project, Sunday, September 22, and Monday, September 23, will involve a full freeway closure ...
Read More H-1 Freeway Rehabilitation Project Begins September 22, Full Freeway Closures First Two Nights

KONA – On what would have been the late Sen. Daniel K. Inouye’s 89th birthday, a highway named in his honor has opened to bridge East and West Hawaii. The Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT) today opened the newest section of the former Hawaii Saddle Road, a nine-mile portion from Mile Post 42 to the ...
Read More Saddle Road Renamed “Daniel K. Inouye Highway,” Realignment To Mamalahoa Highway Opens