News

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists that a portion of Kalanianaole Highway will be closed nightly, Sunday nights through Friday mornings from 9 p.m. until 4 a.m., from Sunday, April 27, through Friday morning, May 16, between Hanauma Bay and Sandy Beach.  Traffic will be detoured at Lunalilo Home Road ...
Read More Kalanianaole Highway Night Closures For Guardrail Installations Near Blowhole

KAHULUI – The state Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Kahului and Wailuku residents of an expected increase in aircraft traffic over the area due to runway rehabilitation work on Taxiway A at Kahului Airport. Repairs will require night flights to use Runway 5-23, which requires flying over Kahului and Wailuku. Construction is expected to begin ...
Read More Taxiway Construction To Begin April 30 At Kahului Airport

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division is soliciting public comments on the draft Statewide Federal-Aid Highways 2035 Transportation Plan (Plan) through Friday, May 2, 2014. The Plan is a long-range multimodal land transportation plan that will guide land transportation policies and programs within the state. It also provides an opportunity for ...
Read More Draft Statewide Federal-Aid Highways 2035 Transportation Plan Accepting Comments from Community

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is pleased to announce that the end is sight for the completion of the $42 million H1 Freeway Rehabilitation Project, which is on schedule for a July 2014 finish.  In order to facilitate the timely completion, and as is allowed by contract, full nighttime lane closures will ...
Read More Final Phase of H-1 Freeway Rehab Requires Full Nighttime Closures

HONOLULU – A new exhibit entitled “Celebrating Our Local Heroes” was dedicated today at the Honolulu International Airport honoring the late US Senator Daniel K. Inouye and the late Hawaii sports legend Wally Yonamine.  Lt. Gov. Shan Tsutsui joined Mrs. Irene Hirano-Inouye, widow of Senator Inouye, and Mr. Paul Yonamine, son of Mr. Yonamine, to ...
Read More “Celebrating our Local Heroes” Exhibit Dedicated at Honolulu International Airport

HONOLULU – Beginning May 1, 2014, the cost of a state identification card and the documents required to obtain a driver’s license will change. State ID’s will cost $32.00 in Kauai County and $40.00 in Honolulu, Maui and Hawaii counties. The state ID is good for 8 years, and a duplicate will cost $7 in ...
Read More Changes in State Identification Card and Driver’s License Application Process

HONOLULU – End distracted driving before it ends you.  That’s the message the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) wants to share with Hawaii’s drivers.  As part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) “National Distracted Driving Awareness Month,” HDOT, along with the four county police departments and community partners, is stepping up enforcement and ...
Read More State Department of Transportation Reminds Hawaii Drivers Not To Drive Distracted

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), Highways Division, continues its goal of resurfacing and improving the state’s major highway corridors.  A $15.6 million project to repair damaged sections of the H-1 Freeway Airport Viaduct begins this Saturday, April 5, 2014.  Approximately 94,000 square feet of concrete deck will be replaced by removing weakened ...
Read More H-1 Freeway Airport Viaduct Deck Repair Project Begins Saturday

HONOLULU — The state Department of Transportation advises Honolulu and Ewa residents of an expected increase in aircraft traffic over these areas due to airfield maintenance work at the Honolulu International Airport. Runway 4R-22L will be closed from 6 p.m. to 9 a.m., Sunday nights through Friday mornings, weekly, through the end of September, for ...
Read More Honolulu International Airport Closures for Pavement Repairs

HONOLULU — The state Department of Transportation advises Honolulu and Ewa residents of an expected increase in aircraft traffic over these areas due to airfield maintenance work at the Honolulu International Airport. Runway 4R-22L will be closed from 6 p.m. to 9 a.m., Sunday nights through Friday mornings, weekly, through the end of September, for ...
Read More Honolulu International Airport Runway Closures for Pavement Repairs