Highways

HONOLULU — As the H1 Freeway Rehabilitation Project gets closer to completion, full freeway closures will be necessary.  The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises motorists of upcoming two weeks of nighttime full H1 freeway closures in the westbound direction from Vineyard Boulevard to Halona Street starting Sunday, March 16, at 8 p.m.  The closures ...
Read More Full Westbound Nighttime Closures Scheduled For H1 Freeway Rehabilitation Project

HONOLULU – Beginning Monday March 3, 2014, the road test portions of the Commercial Driver License (CDL) test and the Motorcycle Driver License skills test will be moving to a temporary location at the Hawaii Department of Transportation’s Kaneohe Baseyard.  The last day for the CDL road tests at the current Salt Lake Blvd. location ...
Read More Oahu Commercial Driver License Road Test & Motorcycle Skills Test Moving To New Temporary Location

HONOLULU — The state Department of Transportation (DOT), the City & County of Honolulu, along with Maui, Hawaii and Kauai Counties announce that beginning Monday, March 17, 2014, the state driver license exam will be available in a variety of languages.  In addition to English, twelve languages are being offered to better serve our diverse ...
Read More Drivers License Exams To Be Offered In Multiple Languages Starting March 17

HONOLULU — The state Department of Transportation (DOT) advises Oahu motorists that the H-1 Freeway eastbound Pali Highway Off-Ramp (Exit 21A) and the Punchbowl Street Off-Ramp (Exit 21B) will be closed on Sunday, February 16, and Sunday, February 23, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., as part of the H-1 Freeway Rehabilitation project.  During these ...
Read More H-1 Freeway Eastbound Ramp Closures Scheduled On Next Two Sundays

HONOLULU — The state Department of Transportation advises Oahu motorists of multiple lane closures on Fort Weaver Road in both directions between Papipi Road and North Road on Wednesday, February 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Crews will be removing an unsignalized crosswalk on Fort Weaver Road at the Makule Street intersection in response ...
Read More Fort Weaver Road Lane Closures Wednesday For Traffic Pattern Modifications

HONOLULU – The state Department of Transportation advises Oahu motorists of modified traffic patterns on the H-1 Freeway during nighttime construction hours between Likelike Highway and Ward Avenue, beginning at 8 p.m. on Sunday night, January 26, and continuing nightly as part of the H-1 Freeway Rehabilitation Project.  For the safety of all drivers and ...
Read More H-1 Freeway Lane Shifts During Nighttime Construction Work Begins Sunday Night

Honolulu – The Hawaii Department of Transportation is honored to be selected for the 2014 National Planning Excellence Award for Transportation Planning by the American Planning Association.  HDOT’s Statewide Pedestrian Master Plan was chosen as part of the best planning efforts that create communities of lasting value. Hawaii’s Statewide Pedestrian Master Plan prioritizes pedestrian safety, ...
Read More HDOT Statewide Pedestrian Master Plan Receives National Award

HONOLULU — The state Department of Transportation advises Oahu motorists that the H-1 Freeway westbound Palama Street Off-Ramp (Exit 20C) will be closed from 11 p.m. tonight, Thursday night, December 19, through 1 a.m. on Friday morning, December 20, for emergency repairs to a damaged crash attenuator adjacent to the exit lane.  During these hours, ...
Read More H-1 Freeway Westbound Palama Street Off-Ramp And Single Lane Closure For Emergency Repairs Tonight 12/19

LAHAINA — Gov. Neil Abercrombie and representatives of the Hawaii State Department of Transportation (DOT) today joined members of the community on Maui to dedicate and open the second phase of the Lahaina Bypass Highway. The second phase, which is officially known as the Honoapiilani Highway Realignment, Phase 1B-1, stretches for 1.7 miles from Lahainaluna ...
Read More Second Phase of Lahaina Bypass Highway Opens

HONOLULU — The state Department of Transportation advises Oahu motorists that overheight vehicle detectors and signals on Likelike Highway, in the Kaneohe-bound direction approaching the Wilson Tunnel, are currently out of operation.  Two automated signs on the roadside detect vehicles taller than the 11.5-foot height clearance of the Wilson Tunnels and provide a flashing warning ...
Read More Likelike Highway Overheight Detector Signs Out Of Operation Near Kaneohe-Bound Wilson Tunnel