Highways Posts

HILO, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises motorists that sections of the Daniel K. Inouye Highway (formerly Saddle Road) will become no-passing zones effective upon installation of signs and pavement markings. Sections between Mile Post (MP) 16.5 and 17.5, as well as between MP 23.5 and 26.1 will be changed to no-passing ...
Read More Sections of the Daniel K. Inouye Highway will become no passing

HILO, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) is extending the closing time of the Keaʻau-Pāhoa Road (Highway 130) morning northbound contraflow between Kaloli Drive and Shower Drive to 10 a.m. The current hours of the contraflow, which cones off one Pāhoa-bound lane to create two Hilo-bound lanes in the morning peak, are 5:30 ...
Read More Keaʻau-Pāhoa Road (Highway 130) Contraflow extended to 10AM beginning August 12

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises road users of single lane closures on Queen Street between Cooke Street and Kamakeʻe Street from Monday, Aug. 12, to Thursday, Aug. 15 for road resurfacing. Resurfacing will begin at 8 p.m. nightly and end at 4 a.m. the following day. During the resurfacing, crews will ...
Read More Queen Street Resurfacing August 12-15

HILO, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) issues this update for work on the Puainako Street Resurfacing Project.   Due to 77 weather-related unworkable days and construction delays, the new estimated completion date for this project is September 2024. A previous release stated the estimated completion date was August 2024.   To ease impact to ...
Read More Puainako Street repaving extended through September 2024

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies road users of full closures of the H-3/Kāne‘ohe (Exit 1D) and Stadium/Hālawa (Exit 1E) off-ramps from the westbound H-201 Moanalua Freeway. The ramps will be closed on Monday night, Aug. 12, through Friday morning, Aug. 16, from 7:30 p.m. to 6 a.m., for paving work. During ...
Read More Full closure of H-3/Kāne‘ohe (Exit 1D) and Stadium/Hālawa (Exit 1E) for repaving work

Revision: Due to contractor scheduling the nightly closures originally announced for Aug. 4,  will now begin, Aug. 18.   LĪHUʻE, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies motorists of nightly full closures of Kūhiō Highway between Hanalei Plantation Road and ʻŌhiki  Road Sunday through Thursday from Aug.18 to Sunday, September 15. There will ...
Read More NIghtly Closures Of Kūhiō Highway At Hanalei Hill Now Beginning Aug. 18

LĪHUʻE, Hawaiʻi – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies motorists of the intermittent full closure of Kūhiō Highway (Route 560) in Wainiha near mile post 6.9, between the Wainiha Powerhouse and Hanalei Colony, Monday, August 12 through Friday, August 16. The scope of the work will include tree trimming, rock scaling and debris removal. ...
Read More Intermittent Full Closure Of Kūhiō Highway In Wainiha Beginning Monday August 12

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi State Department of Transportation (HDOT) is disappointed to report that 59 people have been killed in traffic related crashes statewide from January through July 27, 2024; a 17% increase from 49 fatalities at the same time last year. Of the 59 fatalities this year, 12 reports listed excessive speeding as the ...
Read More Traffic fatalities up 17% from July 2023

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs highway users that roadwork for the H-1 Freeway Improvements Project, from the H-1/H-2 Merge to the Hālawa Interchange will shift to the eastbound direction starting Wednesday, July 31, weather permitting. Three to four right lanes will be closed on the H-1 Freeway in the eastbound direction ...
Read More Roadwork on the Pearl City Viaduct shifts to the eastbound direction

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs highway users of a full closure of the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) off-ramp (Exit 15B) from the westbound H-1 Freeway, for the Airport Viaduct Improvements Project. The ramp will be closed from 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 2, continuously through 1 a.m., Monday, Aug. 5. HDOT ...
Read More Full closure of the Joint Base PHH Off-ramp (Exit 15B) the weekend of Aug. 2