#Hawaii Department of Transportation

Maui County Council Chair Alice Lee said Wednesday evening that she will not seek re-election this year. Instead, the veteran council member is throwing her support behind Marvin Moniz, a longtime state Department of Transportation airports manager, to succeed her in the Wailuku-Waiheʻe-Waikapū residency seat.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation notifies highway users that the newly added single lanes in both directions on Puʻunēnē Avenue (Route 3500) between West and East Wākea Avenues and Kuihelani Highway (Route 380) will open at 7 a.m., Thursday, April 16.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation is reminding people not to click on links in unsolicited text messages. Several scam text messages have been making the rounds claiming to be from the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation, or the “Department of Motor Vehicles” regarding unpaid traffic violations and subsequent holds on driver’s licensing.

HDOT has received concerns regarding the ‘Ῑao Stream (Wailuku River) Bridge and would like to reassure Central Maui residents that the bridge has been inspected and cleared. The crack on the bridge is related to the bridge deck joints and was recorded on the bridge’s 2024 inspection. Bridge deck joints allow for regular expansion of the deck as the bridge heats and cools.

“After 80 years of fixing and milling and filling … the cracks, it’s added useful life. But, we’re at the end of it’s useful life,” said Curt Otaguro, the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation’s deputy director for airports. “It’s done.”

Hawaiʻi’s street names memorialize ancient stories, events and people significant to that area, as well as to traditional land division names. The kamaʻāina of each community know their area’s moʻolelo and natural weather patterns and are therefore the best ones to interpret the proper spelling and meaning of their community’s street names.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation advises travelers that, due to the ongoing partial federal government shutdown, the US Department of Homeland Security has suspended Global Entry for arriving international passengers.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation is notifying the public that adjustments will be made to traffic patterns in West Maui as the public safety power shut off by Hawaiian Electric continues.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation is notifying road users that lanes on Puʻunēnē Avenue at the intersection with Kamehemeha Avenue will be closed overnight from Friday, Feb. 13, to Saturday, Feb. 14.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation announced the completion of its $7.7 million emergency rockfall mitigation work at mile markers 9.7 to 9.9 on Hāna Highway (Route 360) near Waikamoi Stream.

The Rotary Club of Maui has received the Adopt-A-Highway Nō Ka ʻOi Highway Hui Award from the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation, Highways Maui District, in recognition of the club’s “small but mighty” volunteer impact.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation notifies road users that work will begin on the traffic signal project at the Kula Highway and Ōmaʻopio Road intersection on Monday, Dec. 1.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration Central Federal Lands Highway Division, will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, to discuss planned improvements to six historic bridges along Hāna Highway (Route 360) between Huelo and Hāna town in East Maui.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation notifies road users that Kalā Road near Kahului Airport will be closed from 10 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 2 through 5 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 3, for paving work under the bridge near the airport cargo entry/exit.

The plan provides strategies for the transportation sector to achieve the state climate targets set in law – a 50% reduction in emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, net negative transportation emissions by 2045, and ultimately zero transportation emissions.

The public has until July 27 to submit comments on the plan.

Maui Brewing Company has received the Adopt-A-Highway Nō Ka ‘Oi Highway Hui Award for its volunteerism and exceptional responsiveness to the anti-pollution public service program.

The Maui Police Department will host a child safety seat inspection event within the Maui Marketplace parking lot from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, June 7, 2025. The event is held in collaboration with the Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition, the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The state Department of Transportation conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for the $46 million Kahului Airport South TSA Checkpoint Project. The project is expected to be completed in December 2026.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation reminds domestic travelers that on May 7, 2025, you must have a REAL ID or acceptable alternative to avoid delays at the security checkpoints at the airport.