Highways

State Officials Remind Everyone to Prioritize Safety on Our Roadways HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation and Hawaiʻi Department of Education remind residents to prioritize safety and exercise caution on the roadways as graduation season is underway. Commencements for 46 public high schools are scheduled statewide through the end of May and ceremonies for ...
Read More 53 traffic fatalities offer a hard lesson heading into busy graduation season

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies O‘ahu motorists of the upcoming full closure of the Puʻuloa Road off-ramp (Exit 3) from the eastbound Moanalua Freeway (Route H-201) for striping work along the ramp.   Work takes place on the evening of Friday, May 16, from 9 p.m. through 4 a.m. the following day.    ...
Read More Full closure of the Puʻuloa Road off-ramp from eastbound Moanalua Freeway, Friday, May 16

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) today hosted a blessing and groundbreaking to mark the start of construction of the Farrington Highway Widening Project, an approximately three-mile stretch from the Kapolei Golf Course Road near the University of Hawai‘i – West O‘ahu to Old Fort Weaver Road. The widening project will expand the ...
Read More Construction Begins on Farrington Highway Widening Project

KAHULUI, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of an overnight full closure of Pu‘unēnē Avenue (Route 3500) in Kahului on Thursday, May 15 to Friday, May 16. Puʻunēnē Avenue in both directions from Wākea Avenue to Papa Avenue will be closed for restriping work from 9 p.m., Thursday, May 15, to ...
Read More Pu‘unēnē Avenue closed in both directions between Wākea Avenue and Papa Avenue for night work

KAHULUI, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users that modular homes for wildfire survivors will again be transported from Kahului to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) housing site in Lahaina. On Saturday, May 10, the modular homes will be hauled from Kahului Harbor to the temporary staging site near the ...
Read More Modular home delivery for wildfire survivors to continue this week

Project Name  Typical Work Schedule  H-1 Airport Viaduct Improvements  Vicinity of Valkenburg Street to Middle Street  Nightly,  Tuesday – Monday, no work Monday nights  8 p.m. to 4 a.m. the following day  H-1 Salt Lake Rehabilitation  Nightly,  Friday from 8 p.m. to Monday 2:30 a.m.  (Sunday closures end at 6 p.m.)  Note: project team is ...
Read More Update on H-1 Freeway and H-201 Moanalua Freeway Improvements Projects across O‘ahu, May 2025

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users of the continuation of the current improvement project, Joseph P. Leong Highway and Kamehameha Highway Rehabilitation – From Waimea Bay Beach Park to ʻŌpaeʻula Stream Bridge, along with its typical work schedule.  Night work began on Joseph P. Leong/ Kamehameha Highway in April 2025 ...
Read More Joseph P. Leong Highway and Kamehameha Highway Rehabilitation continues with daytime schedule

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) is providing notice of its intent to declare a traffic emergency zone on the Interstate H-1 in Hālawa. This notice is pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes § 264-1.5. Voids were discovered under a drainage culvert and HDOT is taking action to prevent damage to the freeway structure ...
Read More Closure for Hālawa On-ramp to H-1 West and Traffic Emergency Zone Hearing

LĪHUʻE, Hawaiʻi — The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies the public of the full closure of Hanalei Bridge nightly beginning Monday, May 12, to Friday, May 16, from 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. The closure will be on Kūhiō Highway (Route 560) between Hanalei Plantation Road and ʻŌhiki Road.   Deck panels need to ...
Read More Full closure of Hanalei bridge beginning Monday, May 12

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies the public of the full closure of the Waiʻalae on-ramp to the H-1 westbound beginning  Monday, May 5 to Friday, May 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. While the on-ramp will be closed, the Waiʻalae Avenue lane will remain open. Traffic will be detoured to ...
Read More Full closure of the Waiʻalae on-ramp westbound beginning Monday, May 5