Highways News

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) and its federal, state, county and community partners remind Hawaiʻi motorists to move over or slow down when approaching emergency vehicles during Crash Responder Safety Week, Nov. 8-14. The first initiative to raise awareness of the need to give responders space to safely work on the side ...
Read More Motorists reminded to move over for responders during Crash Responder Safety Week, Nov. 8-14

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Oahu motorists of a full closure of the H-3 Freeway in the Kaneohe-bound direction between the Halawa Interchange and the Halekou Interchange, for expansion joint repair work. Roadwork will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday night, Nov. 12, 2021, and continue through the weekend until 4 ...
Read More Full closure of the H-3 Freeway in the Kaneohe-bound direction during the weekend of Nov. 12, for joint repair work

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of a single lane closure on Kamehameha Highway at Laniakea Beach beginning Friday, Nov. 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for sign installations and striping. Additional work requiring a single lane closure on Kamehameha Highway at Laniakea Beach is also scheduled for Monday, ...
Read More Single lane closure on Kamehameha Highway at Laniakea Beach Friday, Nov. 5

LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Kauai residents of a single lane closure along Kuhio Highway (Route 56) in Kapaa, opposite the Kauai Village Shopping Center, starting Monday, Nov. 8 for work on the Lydgate Park-Kapaa Bike/Pedestrian path. During working hours (8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.) the outer (makai) northbound lane of Kuhio ...
Read More Single lane closure on Kuhio Highway in Kapaa, starting Monday Nov. 8

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has developed a survey to better understand your bicycle needs, priorities, and challenges. It will take you about 5 minutes to complete. Please take the survey today!—it closes on December 31, 2021. This survey is part of the Bike Plan Hawaii Refresh.  This effort began in 2020 ...
Read More Online survey to gather comments on state bikeway needs

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is pleased to announce the availability of the Hawaii State Driver’s Manual in thirteen languages in addition to the currently available English-language publication. These languages include Hawaiian, Spanish, Marshallese, Chuukese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Samoan, Tongan, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Ilocano. Digital copies of these translated ...
Read More Hawaii State Driver’s Manual now available in thirteen languages other than English

LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Kauai residents of a traffic pattern shift on Kuhio Highway (Route 56) in Kilauea that starts tomorrow. As of Wed. Nov. 3, paving work is moving north and northbound (Hanalei-bound) motorists will no longer be detoured at Koolau Road, necessitating a return to the alternating traffic ...
Read More Traffic pattern shift on Kuhio Highway in Kilauea, starts Wed. Nov. 3

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs the public of nighttime lane closures and ramp closures scheduled on the H-1 Freeway from Aiea to the Pearl Harbor Interchange, for pavement marking and rumble strip installations. The roadwork schedule is as follows: Week of Sunday, Oct. 31 Three right lanes closed on the H-1 ...
Read More Nighttime closures on the H-1 Freeway from Aiea to Pearl Harbor scheduled in November

LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs motorists that there is a weight restriction of 12 tons for the Koolau Road detour. On Oct. 25, HDOT began directing northbound vehicles on Kuhio Highway (Route 56) in Kilauea between South Koolau Road and North Koolau Road to detour to Koolau Road. Due to a ...
Read More 12 ton weight restriction in place for Kilauea detour from Kuhio Highway

LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Kauai motorists of a single right lane closure on Kuhio Highway (Route 56) in the southbound (Lihue bound) direction between North Leho Drive and the Kauai Beach Resort. This closure for ditch cleaning is scheduled on Monday, Nov. 1 through Friday, Nov. 5 from 8:30 a.m. ...
Read More Southbound lane closure on Kuhio Highway between Wailua and Hanamalu for ditch cleaning