Preparatory work for the nearly $4.8 million project has been ongoing for three months, but road repairs that will require total road closures on weekends will begin Saturday, Nov. 23, and continue for approximately five months.

Emergency responders are on the scene of a traffic accident on Kaʻahumanu Avenue in Kahului.  The accident was reported before 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 near the Kahului Beach Road intersection.  Wailuku bound lanes are blocked and motorists are using Kahului Beach Road as a detour around the scene.  Motorists can expect delays in the area.  

OVERTURNED VEHICLE: Maui police, fire and medics are on the scene of a vehicle accident along the Honoapiʻilani Highway near Ukumehame. Motorists say the accident is in the Kahului-bound direction. Lahaina-bound traffic was moving at last report. Motorists can expect delays in the area. Proceed with caution.

The research is part of a federally funded three-year study that began in 2018 to explore how RUC could replace the state gas tax and fund Hawaiʻi’s roads in the future. 

A Lānaʻi woman suffered fatal injuries after she was struck by a pickup truck while crossing the street on Thursday afternoon on the island of Lānaʻi.

UPDATE 11/04/19 AT 4:01 P.M. Kuihelani Highway is now open. PREVIOUS POST November 4, 2019 Road Closure – 11/04/19 3:30 p.m. A traffic accident has blocked the Kahului bound lanes of Kuihelani Hwy from Puunene Ave to Maui Lani Parkway. Lahaina bound lanes are open. Emergency units are on scene and at designated traffic posts.

Two occupants of a Toyota Tacoma are dead after the vehicle plunged 150 feet down a cliff in Maliko Gulch on Maui Saturday night.

Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

The Mustang crashed through construction fencing at the old Maui Lu site, and continued out of control, rolling over and coming to rest upside down, landing 15 feet atop a pile of lumber.  A 38-year-old Wailuku man was arrested for negligent homicide, driving under the influence and excessive speeding after fleeing the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash in Kīhei early this morning.

Maui police are on the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident on South Kīhei Road near the old Maui Lu site.