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Near-Repeat of Sacred Falls Tragedy Highlights Dangers
“Fifteen-seconds of terror,” is how a trespassing Honolulu hiker describes his near miss with a rock-fall incident at the closed Sacred Falls State Park on Kamehameha Day. DLNR officials say Lincoln Hittner was one of six people cited by DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement officers for trespassing into a closed area after a […]
HANA HWY ROCKFALL MITIGATION FORCES 4-HOUR WEEKDAY CLOSURES
Rockfall mitigation continues on the Hana Highway through Friday, July 17th. Work between mile markers 19 and 21 will result in the complete closure of the highway weekdays between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The state Department of Transportation also advises Maui motorists of intermittent traffic stoppages on the Hana Highway (Route 360) in both […]
DEBRIS REMOVAL FORCES DELAYS ON KAHEKILI & HANA HIGHWAYS
ROCKFALL REMOVAL FORCES 6 HOUR KAHEKILI CLOSURE The Kahekili Highway will be closed for six hours today as crews work to clear a rockfall that occurred at around 5 p.m. on Friday afternoon in Kahakuloa. The rockfall resulted in large boulders blocking the highway near Waihale Gulch, also known as Hoopii Gulch. Debris removal work […]
