Highways

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) is saddened to report the first traffic fatality of 2024 happened on Oʻahu on Thursday, Jan. 4 around 7:44 p.m. “Every year we start with zero traffic fatalities but that doesn’t mean the pain and loss of those dying in avoidable crashes the previous year goes away,” ...
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HONOLULU – Continuing the state’s efforts to improve safety on Hawai‘i roadways, the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) will reconfigure the intersection of Kalaniana‘ole Highway (Route 72) and Ulupi‘i Street in Kailua, to include new turn restrictions as well as new speed tables. The busy intersection is near Maunawili Elementary School and the Olomana and ...
Read More Intersection of Kalaniana‘ole Highway and Ulupi‘i Street Reconfigured to Improve Safety

LĪHUʻE, Hawaiʻi – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) has postponed the emergency work requiring a single lane closure and short (intermittent) full closures of Kūhiō Highway (Route 560) between Wainiha Powerhouse Road and Alamihi Road. The closures were originally scheduled for Monday, Jan. 8, through Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. An update will be released when ...
Read More Wainiha slope stabilization work postponed

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs the public of upcoming lane closures on Farrington Highway (Route 93) as part of the work to replace the Ulehawa Bridge in Nānākuli. The left lane in the eastbound direction will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 5, 8 and 9. The ...
Read More Lane Closures on Farrington Highway in Nānākuli for Ulehawa Bridge Replacement

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) informs Oʻahu motorists that Likelike Highway will be closed on Sunday night, Jan. 7, and Tuesday night, Jan. 16, for the Likelike Highway Resurfacing Project. Crews will perform road repairs on punchlist items that include remedial and overbanding work, completing the Likelike Highway Resurfacing Project. Please see ...
Read More Full closure of Likelike Highway scheduled on Jan. 7 and 16

HONOLULU – In the interest of keeping everyone safe this New Year’s Eve, the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) reminds drivers that stopping, standing, or parking on Hawai‘i’s highways in non-emergency situations is dangerous and illegal. State and City and County of Honolulu law enforcement will cite individuals for pulling over on a highway or ...
Read More Hawai‘i Department of Transportation Reminds Drivers It Is Illegal to Stop or Park on Highways to View Fireworks

Improvements to include widening to eliminate a merge and raising the Gulick Avenue Overpass HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies highway users that the Eastbound H-1 Freeway Improvement Project – from the Ola Lane Overpass to the Likelike Highway Off-Ramp – is beginning on Tuesday night, Jan. 2, 2024. For this stage ...
Read More Eastbound H-1 Freeway Improvements – Ola Lane to Likelike Highway Start Jan. 2

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) provides an update on improvement projects scheduled through 2024 on the Windward side of Oʻahu. These projects include Pali Highway Slope Stabilization, the Kamehameha Highway Paving project, Kalaniana‘ole Highway Resurfacing Project, Kaipāpaʻu Bridge Replacement Project, Kahekili Roundabout Project, and Likelike Highway Pavement Preservation Project. See below for ...
Read More Update on Windward Improvement Projects

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) reports that work is on track to reopen the town-bound lanes of Pali Highway (Route 61) from the highway’s intersection with Kamehameha Highway (Castle Junction) to the vicinity of Nuʻuanu Pali Drive by 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24. The town-bound lanes were closed Wednesday, Dec. 20 in ...
Read More Pali Highway town-bound to reopen Sunday following landslide

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) is updating on the closure of the town-bound lanes of Pali Highway (Route 61) from the highway’s intersection with Kamehameha Highway (Castle Junction) to the vicinity of Nuʻuanu Pali Drive. The town-bound lanes were closed Wednesday, Dec. 20 in response to a landslide approximately 100-yards outside the ...
Read More Update on Pali Highway town-bound landslide