HANALEI — The state Department of Transportation has narrowed lanes on Kuhio Highway between the Hanalei Bridge and Hanalei town in the vicinity of mile marker 1.6 in preparation for upcoming emergency paving work.
HANALEI — The state Department of Transportation has narrowed lanes on Kuhio Highway between the Hanalei Bridge and Hanalei town in the vicinity of mile marker 1.6 in preparation for upcoming emergency paving work.
The narrowed lanes and emergency paving are necessary to reduce loads on the highway because of Hanalei River erosion impacting the roadway. An inspection by boat conducted earlier this month revealed that significant erosion is undermining the highway pavement in places up to 16 inches.
To protect the only road access for the communities of Hanalei, Wainiha, and Ha‘ena, the DOT has declared this portion of the highway a traffic emergency zone.
Emergency paving work for this section of roadway is scheduled for the first week of May, weather permitting. The emergency work will add up to 10 feet of pavement on the mauka side of the highway and route traffic away from the river.
The permanent mitigation for the river erosion will be a shoulder stabilization project.
The DOT has been working for several months on design and permitting for this project. When the shoulder stabilization work is complete, the highway in the vicinity of mile marker will be returned to its original alignment, and the temporary paving will be removed.
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Does that mean one lane will be closed throughout the day?