#rock removal

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation is notifying the public that there will be brief traffic holds on Hāna Highway (Route 36) at Maliko Gulch for emergency rock removal.

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.