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HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division advises the public that work on the Kamehameha Highway Repair and Repaint Karsten Thot Bridge project will start Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. This project will prolong the life expectancy of Karsten Thot Bridge while improving vehicular, bicyclist, and pedestrian safety. The steel truss bridge was ...
Read More Kamehameha Highway Repair And Repaint Karsten Thot Bridge Project Begins, Invests .9 Million In Improvements

HONOLULU – Governor David Y. Ige and the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) kicked off the state’s 6th annual Pedestrian Safety Month today with a proclamation signing at the State Capitol. Hawaii is the only state in the nation with a statewide pedestrian safety month. The objective of the campaign is to create heightened awareness ...
Read More Hawaii Department Of Transportation Launches 6TH Annual Statewide Pedestrian Safety Month

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) will be holding a public informational meeting for a Noise Variance permit to perform nighttime construction work on the Kalanianaole Highway Improvements, Phase I, Project between the Olomana Golf Course and the vicinity of Poalima Street.  The meeting is scheduled at the following location and time. Tuesday, ...
Read More Public Informational Meeting Scheduled For Kalanianaole Highway Improvements Phase I Project

HONOLULU – Walk Wise Hawaii, the Hawaii Department of Transportation’s (HDOT) pedestrian safety campaign, is partnering once again with McDonald’s Restaurants of Hawaii to educate over 9,000 children at 74 Kamaaina Kids locations across the state on good pedestrian habits. Over the past six months, representatives of the Walk Wise Hawaii program, McDonald’s owner/operators and ...
Read More Walk Wise Hawaii Partners With McDonald’s Restaurants Of Hawaii And Kamaaina Kids For Pedestrian Safety Poster Contest And Education Program

KAHULUI – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) will be holding a third round of public informational meetings to present the Pre-Final Hana Highway Bridge Preservation Plan and collect public input prior to the drafting of the final version.  Public meetings are scheduled at the following locations and times: Date Place Time Meeting No. 1:  ...
Read More 3rd Round Of Hana Hwy. Bridge Preservation Plan Public Mtgs. Scheduled On Maui

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration, Central Federal Lands Highway Division (FHWA-CFLHD) will be holding a public meeting to share information on the Roosevelt (Kipapa Stream) Bridge Rehabilitation project, located on Kamehameha Highway (State Route 99) at milepost 14.4 in central Oahu. The bridge crosses Kipapa Gulch ...
Read More Public Informational Meeting Scheduled For The Roosevelt (Kipapa Stream) Bridge Rehabilitation Project

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is seeking applications to plan, develop, implement and evaluate eligible Safe Routes to School (SRTS) infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects. A call for applications is available at the following link. https://spo3.hawaii.gov/notices/notices/9f11c1fc2155a8984be67ac1ac281c3e SRTS is an international effort to increase safety and promote walking and bicycling to/from school. The federally ...
Read More Safe Routes To School Call For Applications

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises Oahu motorists of multiple lane closures at various locations between Aiea and Pearl City scheduled between 8 p.m. Saturday, July 18, continuously through 4 a.m. Monday morning, July 20, for deck widening and concrete pours. Three westbound right lanes will be closed between the Kaonohi Street ...
Read More H-1 Freeway Westbound Lane Closures Continue This Weekend From Aiea To Pearl City

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is pleased to announce the written driver’s license test is now being offered in Simplified Chinese. The test had already been offered in Traditional Chinese, and the translation into Simplified Chinese will accommodate and help more people safely learn the rules of Hawaii’s roads. Applicants will still ...
Read More Hawaii Dept. Of Transportation Offers Written Driver’s License Test In Simplified Chinese

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), in cooperation with the City & County of Honolulu’s Department of Transportation Services (DTS), will be making traffic flow improvements to ease congestion on Kapolei Parkway at the intersection of Fort Barrette Road, fronting Kapolei High School, beginning on Monday, July 6. Kapolei Parkway lanes will be ...
Read More State And City Transportation Departments To Make Joint Traffic Improvements In Kapolei