HILO – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) is reducing the allowable weight rating for Kolekole Bridge on Hawaii Belt Road (Route 19) to four tons effective Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. The weight reduction will be in effect until further notice and signs advising of restrictions and a lowered speed limit of 25 mph over ...
Read More Weight limit for Kolekole Bridge on Hawaii Belt Road reduced to 4 tons
Highways News
KAHULUI – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT), in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration, Central Federal Lands Highway Division (FHWA-CFLHD), will be holding two virtual public meetings on improvements to the following bridges on Hana Highway (Route 360) between Huelo and Hana town in east Maui: Kailua Stream Bridge (Mile Post ...
Read More Upcoming virtual public meetings for Hana Highway Bridge Improvements Project 5.9) Makanali ...
Read More Upcoming virtual public meetings for Hana Highway Bridge Improvements Project
HONOLULU – Child Passenger Safety Week is September 19-25, 2021, and the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT), wants to make sure your keiki is in the right seat! The week is dedicated to educating parents and caregivers about the importance of correctly choosing, installing, and using car seats, booster seats, and seat belts. HDOT is ...
Read More Child Passenger Safety Week is September 19-25
LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Kauai residents of a suspension of night work due to the start of Shearwater fledgling season. On Monday, Sept. 13 pavement reconstruction and resurfacing work of Kuhio Highway (Route 56), between Kapuna Road and Wailapa Road, will switch to daytime hours. The updated working hours will ...
Read More Seabird fledgling season to suspend night work, shift paving of Kuhio Highway to daytime hours
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), Highways Division, notifies Oahu motorists of offramp and onramp closures on the westbound H-1 Freeway in Pearl City and Waipahu, for striping work. Closures are scheduled during nighttime hours through the month of September, with tentative work dates allowed in the case of bad weather conditions. Roadwork ...
Read More Overnight ramp closures scheduled on the westbound H-1 Freeway in Pearl City and Waipahu during the month of September
HONOLULU — “It’s only 10 miles over.” “I only had two drinks.” “I’m not hurting anyone.” There’s no excuse for speeding or driving while impaired. That’s the message the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT), the four county police departments, MADD Hawaii, and families who have lost their loved ones to fatal crashes want to convey ...
Read More Hawaii traffic safety partners launch “No Excuses” campaign Labor Day weekend
LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Kauai motorists that starting Saturday, Sept. 4 at 5:30 p.m., public access will expand for Kuhio Highway (Route 560) at mile marker 1 (“Hanalei Hill”). The updated schedule will be: Monday through Saturday Two lanes open (one in each direction) from 12 a.m. to 6:59 ...
Read More Increased access to Kuhio Highway at Hanalei Hill starts Sept. 4
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Oahu motorists that two lanes will be closed on the H-1 Freeway in the westbound direction between the Kunia Interchange and Makakilo Drive overpass beginning on Sunday night, Aug. 29, 2021, through Friday morning, Sept. 3, 2021, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., nightly, for grinding ...
Read More Nightly closures scheduled on the westbound H-1 Freeway from Kunia to Makakilo, for grinding work
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) invites Oahu residents to share their input through a brief survey for the future development of the Farrington Highway/Kaukonahua Road intersection (Thompson Corner). The recent Waialua Beach Road bridge emergency closure called for urgent action and re-emphasized the need for a long-term solution at the intersection. Although ...
Read More Public survey on permanent improvements at Thompson Corner open thru Sept. 30
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Oahu motorists that rehabilitation work will begin on Kamehameha Highway (from Weed Circle to the H-2 Freeway), Wilikina Drive (from Kamananui Road to Kamehameha Highway), and Kamananui Road (from Kamehameha Highway to Wilikina Drive), on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Roadwork has been scheduled after the lane ...
Read More Kamehameha Highway/Wilikina Drive/Kamananui Road Rehabilitation project begins Aug. 30