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Starting Sunday, March 2, the Highway Maintenance division of the Department of Public Works will adjust the manhole covers located on KÄ«lauea Avenue. The manhole covers will be adjusted to the same level with the road. The crew will be working in the makai (Eastern) lane of KÄ«lauea Avenue at the Kāwili to Lanikāula, and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Contractors will be working on the traffic signals at the Aupuni Street and Kilauea Avenue intersection Wednesday, Jan. 15. Wireless detectors will be embedded into the roadway surface to detect vehicles approaching the intersection and program the traffic signal to optimize traffic flow. The intersection will remain open during roadwork. Alternating one-lane closures, […]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Kilauea Avenue was temporarily closed Monday morning after a contractor accidentally struck a natural gas line near the Aupuni Street intersection. Public Works notified emergency response and Hawaii Gas crews. The leak started at 6:58 a.m. and was plugged by Hawaii Gas at 7:20 a.m. The road was reopened at 9:20 a.m. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Traffic patterns on Kilauea Avenue at the Aupuni Street intersection to the southern end of the Wailoa/Waiakea Stream Bridge will be restored to normal conditions this weekend, Dec. 13-14. Kilauea Avenue in this section of the road will revert to a one-way, one-lane in the Puna direction 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16.

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MEDIA RELEASE Changes to a road closure on Kilauea Avenue have been announced after Public Works staff met with merchants and the contractor, Yamada and Sons Inc. There will be no complete road closure on Kilauea Avenue from the Aupuni Street intersection to the Wailoa/Waiakea Stream Bridge. The road closure was planned to begin Dec. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The county Department of Public Works, Highway Maintenance Division will be adjusting two manhole covers on Kilauea Avenue between Mohouili and Wailoa Bridge. The work is slated for 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday Aug. 25, weather permitting. During roadwork traffic will be reduced to one lane.

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MEDIA RELEASE Road crews will begin marking traffic patterns to delineate traffic lanes for motorists and pedestrians on to Kilauea Avenue between Pauahi Street and Ponahawai Street starting today for the next two weeks, weather permitting. Traffic will be shifted around the crew and their equipment and no lanes will be closed. Tuesday, March 5 […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The contractor is applying a final layer of asphalt on to Kilauea Avenue between Pauahi Street and Aupuni Street. The work schedule between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and may vary. During roadwork the traffic pattern is: * One-lane for Puna bound travel between Pauahi Street and Aupuni Street. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Kilauea Avenue between Pauahi Street and Aupuni Street: A final layer of asphalt is scheduled to be applied on to Kilauea Avenue between Pauahi Street and Aupuni Street. During roadwork scheduled between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Work will be completed weather permitted. The the traffic pattern will be: […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Rain prevented the contractor from completing construction on the makai lane of Kilauea Avenue from the Pauahi Street intersection to Aupuni Street on Friday, Feb. 15. The contractor may continue construction Saturday, Feb. 16, if it does not rain. Because there is no roadwork, traffic restrictions no longer apply. Traffic restrictions are enforced […]

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Road resurfacing the mauka lane on KÄ«lauea Avenue begins this afternoon (Feb 13) starting from Pauahi Street to Aupuni Street. One lane for Puna -bound travel will move to the mauka lane on KÄ«lauea Avenue February 14, as road construction will be on the makai lane.

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MEDIA RELEASE Roadwork and traffic patterns on Kilauea Avenue from the Puna side of the Pauahi Street intersection to Aupuni Street: During construction, restrictions affecting on street parking and lane closures are in effect. The schedule is 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, and if work occurs on the weekend and holidays, the schedule is 7 a.m. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A $1.5 million road resurfacing of Kilauea Avenue from Ponahawai to Pauahi Street with drainage improvements at Kukuau and KÄ«lauea began Jan. 2. The county anticipates completion prior to the start of the Merrie Monarch Festival, the world’s largest hula festival, at the end of March. Two lanes of traffic one lane in […]

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Reed’s Island Bridge will be closed from 8 a.m. to 12 noon Friday (Dec 28). On January 2 and 3, a contractor will be grinding asphalt along both sides of KÄ«lauea Avenue from Ponahawai to Pauahi Street. Road resurfacing on Ka‘iminani Drive that has closed one lane and created temporary delays this week ends at […]

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