Department of Transportation

The money will be used for two improvement projects that are slated for the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport and the Kahului Airport.

A youth-led climate change lawsuit against the state Department of Transportation is scheduled to go to trial this summer. The state is asking lawmakers for more than $2 million to fight it. Sen. Karl Rhoads said he would rather see that money go toward implementing policies that reduce emissions. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.

Flights were shutdown due to the runway being inoperable from the cracks. Emergency repairs and repaving had the airport up and running again by morning.

The closures on Likelike Highway in alternating directions will take place on Jan. 7 and Jan. 16, weather permitting. Alternating lane closures on Farrington Highway in Nānākuli are needed to continue bridge replacement work.

Oversized vehicles like semi-trucks that are moving slower than traffic can no longer be in the left lane of Hawaiʻi freeways.

The Department of Transportation in a recent environmental assessment, said it plans to issue a request for proposal to attract contractors to remove the iron-hulled ship that’s been impounded at Honolulu’s Pier 7.

Officials from the state Department of Transportation and U.S. Army Garrison Hawaiʻi have been unable to resolve issues surrounding the future of the North Shore airstrip for a decade, but a hurdle to securing a longer lease has been cleared.

Drivers are encouraged to use the Likelike Highway or the H-3 to travel between the windward side and Honolulu until further notice.

The closure is the third in a set of emergency repairs to replace damaged ceiling rods in Wilson Tunnel. Weather permitting, the closure will begin at 9 a.m. and last through 9 p.m.

Honolulu drivers and pedestrians should be aware of raised crosswalks being installed on Pensacola Street near McKinley High School.