#rock scaling

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation is notifying the public of upcoming intermittent road closures at mile marker 19.5 on Hāna Highway (Route 360), for rock scaling work.

There will be intermittent road closures at mile marker 14.9 on Hāna Highway for rock scaling work next week, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Crews will be removing a boulder caught in the protective netting and also performing rock scaling and other rock removal work from 9 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 20 to 4:30 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21. The work will be between mileposts 10.45 to 10.55 on the Lahaina side of the Olowalu Tunnel, also known as the “Pali Tunnel.” The road will be intermittently closed in both directions for up to 10 minutes.

The County of Maui’s roadway along rural Alelele Point in East Maui was reopened Tuesday, after the completion of infrastructure reinstallation that followed emergency slope scaling and rock debris removal.

Emergency slope scaling and rock debris removal started Sunday, June 11, at the rural Alelele Point area of East Maui. Nearly a one mile stretch of road has been closed following a rockfall on April 28, and a subsequent assessment in which officials deemed the area unsafe on May 10. About 150 cubic yards of […]

The contractor selected to complete emergency slope stabilization and repair work at remote Alelele Point area near Kīpahulu in East Maui began mobilizing this week by bringing in materials and equipment.

State workers began slope stabilization at 10 sites along Honoapiʻilani Highway on Feb. 26 following rockfalls on Feb. 22 and Feb. 23.

Several maintenance projects to improve Haleakalā National Park facilities and trails are scheduled to begin by late January 2018.

EXPECT MINOR DELAYS AT CRATER ROAD AT HALEAKALA JULY 21-24 Beginning Tuesday, July 21st work will begin to re-stripe two and a half miles of Crater Road in Haleakala National Park between the summit parking lot and the Kalahaku lookout.  This work is scheduled to end at close of business Friday, July 24th.  The road […]

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 […]

The state Department of Transportation begins work today (Tuesday, April 14, 2009) to remove loose debris from a portion of the Hana Highway.  Rock scaling operations will take place between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.  Motorists can expect traffic stoppages near mile post 21 in Wailuanui while work is in progress.  Roadwork is weather-permitting.

PAVING WORK IN KAUPO TO TRIGGER INTERMITTENT ROAD CLOSURES The county begins work Monday, April 13, 2009, to repave a portion of the historic Piilani Highway in Kaupo that will require intermittent road closures for approximately a week and a half.  The $539,000 project includes a half-mile stretch near Manawainui Gulch between mileposts 26 and […]