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KEKAHA, Hawaiʻi — The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) continues work to replace three 54-inch culverts on Kaumualiʻi Highway near the Kīkīaola Boat harbor. The culvert replacement requires closing one lane 24/7 through March 2025. Travel through the area will be maintained through the open lane with alternating traffic (contraflow).    Previously, HDOT estimated the ...
Read More 24/7 lane closure on Kaumualiʻi Highway in Kekaha near Kīkīaola Boat Harbor Continues

LĪHUĒ, Hawaiʻi — The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users the southbound one-way Temporary Kapaʻa Bypass Road (Route 5600) will be closed between Kūhiō Highway and Olohena Road on Monday, Jan. 13 through Jan. 31 and Tuesday, Feb. 18 through Tuesday, Feb. 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., excluding holidays and weekends. ...
Read More Temporary Kapaʻa Bypass closed daily from Monday, Jan. 13

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the reopening of Runway 4R-22L at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport at Honolulu (HNL) at 6 p.m., Thursday, January 23, 2025, as part of the ongoing Runway and Taxiway Shoulders Rehabilitation Project. Following this reopening, Runway 4L-22R will be temporarily closed for 41 calendar days ...
Read More Hawai‘i Department of Transportation to conduct runway improvements at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

LĪHUʻE, Hawaiʻi — The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of a single-lane closure on Kūhiō Highway (Route 560) needed for emergency slope stabilization. The closure will affect the makai, Hāʻena-bound lane of Kūhiō Highway at milepost 4.7 (Waikoko Hairpin Turn) on Thursday, Jan. 16, through Saturday, Jan. 18, from 8 a.m. to ...
Read More Single Lane Closures at Waikoko Hairpin Turn For Slope Stabilization

KAHULUI, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of potential traffic delays due to roving lane closures on Puʻunēnē Avenue (Route 3500) on Friday, Jan. 10, for drilling of soil samples for the Puʻunēnē Avenue improvements project. Alternating lanes in the southbound and northbound directions will be closed for the work between Wākea ...
Read More Roving lane closures on Puʻunēnē Avenue for soil sample drilling

HILO, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) will begin Phase 4 of the Hilo International Airport (ITO) Taxiway and Runway Lighting Replacement Project. The work will include replacing all runway and taxiway lighting infrastructure, light fixtures and airfield signs, as well as improvements to the electrical draining system. The work will be conducted ...
Read More Hilo Airport Runway to Close Nightly for Lighting Replacement

KAHULUI, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of potential traffic delays due to lane closures at the intersection of Honoapiʻilani Highway (Route 30) and Kapunakea Street in Lahaina for sewer line installation work for the Kaiāulu o Kūkuʻia Affordable Housing project. Night closure From 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6 to 5 a.m., Tuesday, ...
Read More Update: Lanes closed at Honoapiʻilani Highway and Kapunakea Street intersection for sewer line work

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies drivers that paving work in Kāne‘ohe resumes at the intersection of Likelike Highway, Kamehameha Highway and Kāne‘ohe Bay Drive on the evening of, Monday, Jan. 6.  Crews will be working half the intersection at a time between 8:30 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. on the following evenings. ...
Read More Repaving night work resumes in Kāne‘ohe, Monday, Jan. 6

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) is saddened to report that 102 people have been killed in traffic-related crashes statewide from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024, a 10% increase from 93 fatalities last year. Of the 102 fatalities so far this year, 24 crash reports listed speeding as the primary contributing ...
Read More Traffic Fatalities Up 10% from 2023

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT), in coordination with the Honolulu Police Department and the Sheriffs Division of the Hawai‘i Department of Law Enforcement, reminds drivers that stopping, standing, or parking on Hawai‘i’s highways to view fireworks on New Year’s Eve is dangerous and illegal. Police and deputy sheriffs will cite individuals for ...
Read More Hawai‘i Department of Transportation Reminds Drivers it is Illegal to Stop or Park on Highways to View Fireworks