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HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists that the Pali Highway will be closed in the Honolulu-bound direction between Kamehameha Highway and Waokanaka Street from 7 p.m. on Saturday night, March 12, 2016, through 7 a.m. on Sunday morning, March 13, 2016, for routine tunnel maintenance and cleaning. Electronic message boards ...
Read More Pali Highway Honolulu-Bound closed Saturday night, March 12, for routine maintenance

HONOLULU — The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists of reduced weight restrictions on the Paumalu Stream Bridge on Kamehameha Highway, located between Paumalu Place and Ke Nui Road, near Sunset Beach. The bridge was originally constructed in 1929 and underwent emergency reinforcement of concrete supports in November 2014. A recent inspection found ...
Read More Paumalu Stream Bridge weight limit reduced as safety precaution

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) alerts the public that two northbound lanes will be closed on Liliha Street between North King Street and Vineyard Boulevard beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Mar. 11, continuously through 6 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 13, as part of the Liliha Street Rehabilitation project. This is the ...
Read More Weekend lane closures on Liliha Street scheduled to begin Friday, Mar. 11

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) will temporarily close Runway 4R-22L for runway maintenance work at the Honolulu International Airport for three nights next week. During the closure, flights will be redirected to other operational runways which will alter their flight paths. This may increase air traffic noise over the Ewa Plains during ...
Read More Honolulu International Airport runway to temporarily close for maintenance

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has reopened all lanes of Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa. The northbound or makai lane on Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa Valley Road and Kanenelu Beach in Kaaawa was closed Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, due to damage from high surf. Work began to repair the damaged asphalt and guardrail ...
Read More Contraflow of Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa ended as repair work is ahead of schedule

HONOLULU — The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) will be holding a public information meeting to inform the public prior to the start of construction work on the Kalanianaole Highway Improvements, Phase 1 Project between the Olomana Golf Course and the Vicinity of Poalima Street and conduct noise variance consultation on proposed changes to the ...
Read More Pre-construction public information meeting and noise variance consultation scheduled for Kalanianaole Highway improvements

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is finalizing repair plans for the section of Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa that suffered damage due to high surf action on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. The repair work will begin Tuesday, March 1, 2016, and is expected to be complete within a week. To expedite repairs, crews ...
Read More Repair plans completed for damaged area of Kamehameha Highway near Kaaawa

HONOLULU — The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announced today that a favorable court decision issued earlier permits HDOT to pursue virtually all of its claims against consulting firm Ciber, Inc. arising out of a failed project to upgrade the computer accounting systems in HDOT’s Highways Division. In its decision, dated February 15, 2016, the ...
Read More Court ruling permits HDOT to pursue fraud claims against Ciber, Inc. for botching software implementation project and submitting false invoices

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) formally announces plans to begin a contraflow lane on Farrington Highway in Nanakuli later this year. Governor David Ige directed HDOT to develop operational solutions to improve mobility around our state. Gov. Ige specifically requested that HDOT implement a contraflow on Farrington Highway to improve the quality ...
Read More Farrington Highway contraflow pilot project aims to bring traffic relief to Waianae Coast

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is pleased to report the removal of a damaged dry dock vessel on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 which resulted in the clearing of Piers 40 and 41 in Honolulu Harbor where it was previously berthed. The dry dock named Kapilipono took on water and sunk in its ...
Read More Submerged dry dock successfully removed from Honolulu Harbor