#Piilani Highway

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 large blaze burned close to houses guarded by two structure protection groups – crews of firefighters with various vehicles, deployed to protect structures and “bump and run the fire around the homes,” according to a County of Maui social media update.

Motorists are advised that reconstruction of the culvert on Piʻilani Highway near Nuʻu Bay in East Maui begins on Monday May 5, 2025, and runs through October 2025.

A Holiday Lane Closure Restriction runs from Monday, Dec. 23, through Sunday, Jan. 5. Only closures with demonstrated need (e.g., necessary for safety or to avoid lengthy construction delays) have been approved and are on this list. There will be no lane closures on Wednesday, Dec. 25 in observance of Christmas Day.

A 66-year-old woman from Canada was injured when a rock from a landslide struck the vehicle she was in, on a remote section of the Piʻilani Highway Sunday morning. A rock from the landslide penetrated the roof of the vehicle and struck the woman, who was in the rear seat.

The state Department of Transportation will be conducting road work this week that will result in lane closures at various locations. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting. A map of lane closures can be found here: https://hidot.hawaii.gov/highways/roadwork/  — Honoapiʻilani Highway (Route 30) — Māʻalaea/Pāpalaua Wayside Park: Single […]

The state Department of Transportation will be conducting road work this week that will result in lane closures at various locations. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

A 35-year-old suspect is being held on $500,000 bail following a harrowing incident reported by a California couple who told police they were carjacked on a remote section of the Piʻilani Highway, and fled for their lives on foot to the summit of Haleakalā.

Maui firefighters responded to a structure fire early Tuesday morning in the Kaupō area of East Maui. Damages were estimated $6,000 to the structures and $100,000 in damage to the contents. No one was displaced and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is undetermined and remains under investigation.

The Hawai‘i Department of Education published a draft environmental assessment Friday, reaching a project review milestone and paving the way for a planned $16 million pedestrian overpass spanning Pi‘ilani Highway.

Motorists are advised that the highway in the Kīpahulu area of east Maui is closed near Mile 39 from Alelele Bridge to Lelekea Bridge due to erosion damage to the road caused by recent heavy rains. The closure is expected to remain in effect for at least two months while repairs are made to the makai edge of the road.

Emergency roadway repairs are being conducted over the next few days on South Kīhei Road from Ohukai Road to Maui Bay Villas, following heavy rains earlier this week. The area is temporarily closed to motorists, with the exception of local traffic.

County of Maui officials are assessing impacts of heavy rains and winds that have impacted Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi since Monday night.

Piʻilani Highway remained closed between ʻUlupalakua and Nuʻu on Friday morning after a kona low resulted in heavy rain and flooding in East Maui on Thursday.

Plans were unveiled for an overpass across Piʻilani Highway at the entrance to the newly opened Kūlanihākoʻi High School, but it will not be completed for two years at the earliest — and thatʻs only if funding is secured.

(7:32 a.m., Sept. 19, 2023) North Kīhei Road had reopened in both directions.

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.

The state Department of Transportation will be conducting road work this week that will result in lane closures at various locations. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice.  All projects are weather permitting.

The state Department of Transportation will be conducting road work this week that will result in lane closures at various locations. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

Update(4:21 p.m., July 9, 2023): Pi’ilani Highway is now OPEN in Kīhei. It was closed earlier in the afternoon due to a brush fire between Ohukai Road and Kūlanihākoʻi Street.