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HONOLULU – Beginning March 1, 2024, transportation network companies (TNC) must have a valid permit from the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) to operate in Hawai‘i. The new requirement applies to rideshare companies that use a digital network or software app to connect passengers to drivers. The permit application form is available on the HDOT ...
Read More Hawai‘i Department of Transportation Launches Transportation Network Company Permit Application

FEB. 2 UPDATE: The issue with the PMVI inspection application was resolved overnight, and as a result the inspection application on the PMVI iPad needs to be reinstalled. The vendor sent all inspection stations an email with instructions on updating the application and has been contacting each station by telephone to ensure they understand they ...
Read More UPDATE: Statewide system for motor vehicle safety inspections is operational

LĪHUʻE, Hawaiʻi – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) is providing the following updates on the closure of the mauka/westbound lane of Kuamoʻo Road (Route 580) in the vicinity of the ʻOpaekaʻa Falls Scenic Lookout in Wailua. On Dec. 20, 2023, HDOT closed one lane of the two-lane road due to slope instability. A temporary ...
Read More Kuamoo Road slope stabilization continues through May

KAHULUI – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces construction of the first electric vehicle charging station on Maui funded by the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. Work will commence on Thursday, Feb. 1 on four 150kW chargers at the Kahului Park & Ride on Kuihelani Highway in the vicinity of Puʻunēnē Avenue. A ...
Read More Construction begins Feb. 1 on the first NEVI-funded electric vehicle charging station on Maui

The release below has been corrected to reflect paving work to address inspection findings and the end time of 3 p.m. The earlier release had the end time for the single lane weekday closures as 11:30 a.m. HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) has substantially completed paving work for the Kalanianaʻole Highway Resurfacing ...
Read More CORRECTION: Paving work is substantially finished on Kalanianaʻole Highway in Waimānalo

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) has completed paving work for the Kalanianaʻole Highway Resurfacing Project, from Pōʻalima Street to Makai Pier. Remaining work includes the installation of guardrails by Makai Pier and Inoaʻole Stream, installation of loop sensors near Waimānalo Elementary School, road striping, signage, delineators, and catch basin filters. A single ...
Read More Paving work is finished on Kalanianaʻole Highway in Waimānalo

NOTIFICATION OF SECTION 106 OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT OF 1966 AS AMENDED (2006) PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT AMONG THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, THE HAWAIʻI STATE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OFFICER, THE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND THE HAWAIʻI STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REGARDING UNDERTAKINGS AFFECTING THE FORMER OʻAHU RAILROAD & LAND COMPANY (OR&L) RIGHT-OF-WAY (ROW)   ...
Read More Notice of Consultation – OR&L Programmatic Agreement PA meeting

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Oʻahu motorists that Likelike Highway will be closed in the Kāne‘ohe-bound direction between Nālani‘ehā Street and the Wilson Tunnel, from 9 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 1, through 7 a.m., Friday, Feb. 2. Construction crews will perform work identified in the final inspection to complete the Likelike Highway Resurfacing ...
Read More Full closure of Likelike Highway rescheduled to Feb. 1

HONOLULU– The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) issues this update for continued work on the Mākaha Bridge Replacement Project No. 3 and 3A.  There will be an extension of the 24-hour, single-lane closure on Farrington Highway (Route 93) at Mākaha Bridge No. 3, (the bridge southeast of Kili Drive), through Friday, March 22. The closure ...
Read More Single lane closure for work on Mākaha Bridge No. 3, extended through March 22

HILO, Hawaiʻi – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) has been awarded $74 million in competitive grant funds for the Hawaiʻi Belt Road Bridges Rehabilitation Project. The Hawaiʻi Belt Road Bridges Rehabilitation Project will fund the rehabilitation of the Nānue and Hakalau stream bridges on Route 19 to include replacement of the underlying bridge substructure ...
Read More HDOT awarded million toward Nanue and Hakalau Bridge Rehabilitation