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HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Oahu motorists of upcoming lane closures on the H-1 Freeway in the westbound direction between the Pearl City/Waimalu offramp (Exit 10) and the H-1/H-2 split over four consecutive weekends for micropile installations. See below for weekend schedule: Friday night, April 20, 2018 at 9 p.m. through ...
Read More Lane closures on westbound H-1 Freeway in Pearl City to occur over four weekends beginning Friday, April 20

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) was pleased to host an electric bus demonstration at the Iolani Palace Parking Lot Wednesday, April 11, 2018. The demonstration involved BYD Company Ltd, the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer and Proterra, Inc., which has tested its zero-emissions electric battery buses on Oahu and Maui. Buses from ...
Read More Electric bus demonstration showcases sustainable ground transportation future for Hawaii

HDOT to add trial northbound AM contraflow on Keeau-Pahoa Road (Highway 130) in late April-early May  HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has an updated listing of hours and locations for High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV), Contraflow, and shoulder lanes available on the HDOT website at https://hidot.hawaii.gov/highways/special-use-lanes/ The special use lane fact sheet is ...
Read More Updated times and locations of Special Use Lanes available on HDOT website

HILO – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises motorists that the weight limit postings for Ninole Stream Bridge, Hilea Stream Bridge, and Waiaka Stream Bridge have been lifted and all three bridges have returned to the unposted bridge weight limit of 40 tons. Weight reduction signs were posted at the bridges on Hawaii Belt ...
Read More Weight limit postings removed for Ninole, Hilea, and Waiaka Bridges

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists that the H-1 Freeway will be closed in the westbound direction between the Makakilo Drive overpass and the Campbell Industrial Park/Barbers Point Harbor offramp (Exit 1) on Tuesday night, April 10, 2018, through Friday morning, April 13, 2018, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., ...
Read More H-1 Freeway closures for the Kapolei Interchange Complex, Phase 2 project

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division, Oahu District Storm Water Management Program (SWMP) has received the Silver Award from the American Marketing Association’s Marketer of the Year Awards for the Trash Free Hawaii Public Service Announcements (PSA) that delivered compelling messages regarding the importance of preventing litter and keeping the environment ...
Read More HDOT Storm Water Management Program’s Trash Free Hawaii Campaign recognized at Marketer of the Year Awards

HONOLULU – Dedicated to saving lives, the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), four county police departments and our private partners Toyota Hawaii and DTRIC Insurance are working together on educating all of Hawaii’s roadway users about the dangers of distracted driving throughout National Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April. According to the National Highway Traffic ...
Read More April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month

KAHULUI – The State Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration will be holding a public informational meeting for the proposed Paia Relief Route project to address existing traffic congestion along Hana Highway in Paia. The meeting is scheduled at the following location and time: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. Paia Community ...
Read More Public informational meeting scheduled for the Paia Relief Route project on April 17

HONOLULU – Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) crews have completed debris removal and installation of temporary barriers on H-1 Freeway overpass. This overpass reaches over the H-201 Moanalua Freeway and leads to the Airport on-ramp from the westbound H-1 Freeway. A barrier on the overpass was damaged at approximately 2:30 p.m., Thursday, March 29, 2018, ...
Read More Temporary barriers in place on H-1 Freeway Overpass; speed limit reduced to 20 mph

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) alerts Oahu motorists to the closure of all eastbound lanes of the H-201 Moanalua Freeway at Middle Street. All westbound lanes on H-201 are open, both westbound lanes heading into the Airport on-ramp from the H-1 Freeway are closed. Earlier this afternoon a truck carrying crane counterweights ...
Read More Barrier on H-1 Freeway Overpass damaged, debris closes eastbound H-201 Freeway near Middle Street