Highways News

LĪHUʻE, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies road users of the daily full closure of the Waimea Canyon Drive (Route 550) between Panini Place and mile post 3.2, from Monday, March 2 through Friday, March 6, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Traffic needing to access Kōkeʻe State Park will be detoured ...
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A Call to the Public: Share Your Thoughts on Hawaiian Street Names HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) has a master list of all street names and destinations on the state highways system that corrects misspellings and includes the Hawaiian diacritical markings ʻokina (glottal stop) and kahakō (macron). The Department is asking for ...
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HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) is seeking public comments on a noise variance application for intersection improvements at Kamehameha Highway and Kuala Street, in Pearl City.   HDOT plans to improve multi-modal connectivity through this corridor with roadway, pedestrian safety, and street lighting improvements. This includes the installation of a new traffic signal ...
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KAHULUI, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) is notifying the public of upcoming intermittent road closures at mile marker 19.5 on Hāna Highway (Route 360), for rock scaling work. From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays beginning Monday, March 2, there will be intermittent holds of traffic in both directions for around 15 ...
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Long-Range Land Transportation Plan  Public Meetings Begin Tuesday March 10   HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) invites everyone to share their thoughts on future land transportation needs for freight, motorists, transit, bicyclists and pedestrians as part of the Statewide Long-Range Land Transportation Plan (Plan) update.   The plan is HDOT’s roadmap for ...
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KAHULUI, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) is notifying the public that there will be intermittent road closures at mile marker 13 on Honoapi‘ilani Highway (Route 30) next week. From 10 p.m., Friday, Feb. 27 to 3:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 28, there will be intermittent holds of traffic of around 10 minutes on ...
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Update 2/25/26: Rock scaling work at mile marker 14.9 on Hāna Highway (Route 360) has been extended to Monday, March 2.  KAHULUI, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) is notifying the public that there will be intermittent road closures at mile marker 14.9 on Hāna Highway (Route 360) for rock scaling work next ...
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HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies motorists of a traffic pattern shift along Kamehameha Highway at the Laieloa Stream Bridge on Thursday, Feb. 26 in support of bridge replacement work.   Crews will fully close Kamehameha Highway in both directions on either side of Laieloa Stream Bridge to install signage and barriers ...
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Update 2/26/26: There will be no full night closure on Puʻunēnē Avenue between Wākea Avenue and Kūihelani Highway on Thursday, Feb. 26 as paving work has been completed for the week. But there will be alternating single lane closures in either direction on Puʻunēnē Avenue between Wākea Avenue and Kūihelani Highway from 8:30 p.m., Thursday, ...
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HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies O‘ahu motorists of the extended completion date of the H-201 Moanalua Freeway Repaving project through July 2026. This is an update from the previously estimated March 2026 completion date.   Due to weather challenges preventing construction and additional work added to the project scope, the completion of ...
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