Highways News

UPDATE: The full nightly closures of Kaumualii Highway between Hana Road and Moi Road scheduled for Feb. 8 through Feb. 12 have been canceled. Notice will be sent when the work is rescheduled. HANAPEPE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Kauai residents of scheduled nightly closures of Kaumualii Highway (Route 50) between Hana ...
Read More Night closures for Hanapepe River Bridge Project scheduled to begin Feb. 8

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies the public of virtual public hearings scheduled on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, for proposed changes to Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) 19-122 and 19-149, and on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, for proposed changes of HAR 19-108. The current versions of the HAR chapters, proposed changes, and links ...
Read More Virtual Hearings for changes to select Hawaii Administrative Rules scheduled on Feb. 3 & 9

Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 (6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.) HONOLULU – The State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Highways Division (HDOT) will be holding a public information meeting on the Programmatic Agreement (PA) process for the implementation of Minor Hawaiʻi Historic Bridge Projects. This proposed project brings the Federal Highway Administration, HDOT, and other interested ...
Read More Public information meeting scheduled regarding Minor Hawaii Historic Bridge Projects Programmatic Agreement

HILO – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is pleased to announce that the emergency repairs on the Wailuku (Singing) Bridge, located on Hawaii Belt Road (Route 19) between Waianuenue Avenue and Pukihae Street, have been completed. Traffic flow on the bridge for both Honokaa and Hilo bound travelers was restored as of 10:30 a.m. ...
Read More Wailuku (Singing) Bridge repairs complete, to fully reopen Friday, Jan. 8

HONOLULU – In response to recent deadly crashes on Farrington Highway the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) will install two raised pedestrian crossings as you enter Nanakuli. The raised pedestrian crossings will be installed at the T-intersection before Piliokahi Avenue and at the highway’s intersection with Laumania Avenue. Work to install the raised crosswalks will ...
Read More Two raised crosswalks to be installed on Farrington Highway near Piliokahi and Laumania

UPDATE: The night work on the Kapaa Stream Bridge was completed ahead of schedule. The closure that ended Saturday, Jan. 16 at 4 a.m. was the last closure needed for the girder work. There will be NO CLOSURES of Kuhio Highway between Mailihuna Road and Kealia Road on the nights of Jan. 16 through Jan. ...
Read More Nightly full closures of Kuhio Highway needed for Kapaa Stream Bridge Rehabilitation

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division is making its annual Act 100 report for 2020 available online here. This annual report includes HDOT Highways Division goals, progress made towards those goals (including statistics), and expenditure breakdown. “We’ve converted to digital reporting to attempt to make information about our initiatives to operate ...
Read More HDOT Highways Annual Report available online

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies the public of nightly lane closures of Kalanianaole Highway (Route 72) in Aina Haina for improvements to the Waa Street intersection beginning Sunday, Jan. 3 at 8 p.m. The intersection improvements will increase safety for all roadway users by adding traffic signals to the currently unsignalized ...
Read More Traffic signal installation at Kalanianaole Highway and Waa Street begins January 3

HANAPEPE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Kauai motorists of a single lane closure of the temporary Hanapepe Bridge next Tuesday, Dec. 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The alternating lane closure will help facilitate restriping of the temporary pavement markers in the project work zone. Traffic control devices will be set ...
Read More Lane closure on temporary Hanapepe Bridge scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 29

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises that the traffic signal at the intersection of Farrington Highway and Mailiili Road next to Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center has been set in “pedestrian recall” mode due to repeated vandalism. Pedestrian recall is when the signal automatically changes to allow for a “walk” phase for ...
Read More Notice on traffic signal: Farrington Highway at Mailiili Road