© 2024 Hawaiʻi Public Radio
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
To our HPR-1 listeners on Kaua‘i (KIPL): Our transmitter will be powered down for tower maintenance on Friday 10/4, 10am-3pm. Mahalo for your understanding.

Honolulu-bound lanes of Likelike Highway to close for emergency repairs again

View of the rods inside the Wilson Tunnel ceiling.
Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation
View of the rods inside the Wilson Tunnel ceiling.

Oʻahu drivers should be aware that the Honolulu-bound lanes of the Wilson Tunnel on Likelike Highway will be closed Saturday for 12 hours to complete emergency repairs of damaged ceiling rods.

Weather permitting, the closure will begin at 9 a.m. and last through 9 p.m.

The H-3 and the Pali Highway will be open as alternate routes for motorists traveling toward Honolulu from Windward Oʻahu, but drivers are advised to plan for additional travel time.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation closed both town-bound lanes of Likelike Highway on Nov. 9 when fractured ceiling rods were discovered in a routine inspection.

The replacement of the critical 25 ceiling rods and an additional 25 rods was completed Saturday, Nov. 18.

Permanent repairs to the tunnel are expected to begin in the fall of next year.

Related Stories