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The County of Hawai‘i is pleased to announce that Governor David Ige and the State Department of Transportation have committed $19.5 million in federal (STIP) funds for the Māmalahoa Highway widening project in Waimea. The current cost of the project is approximately $25 million, and the grant of $19.5 million in Federal Highway Administration Funds will […]

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The Hawai’i Police Department reports that Mamalahoa Highway (Route 190) between the 15 and 33 mile markers is now open. While the majority of the fires have been extinguished, motorists are asked to drive carefully as Hawai’i Fire Department personnel are still working in the area. Thank you.

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At 1:05 p.m. Thursday (April 24) firefighters responded to an alarm for a brushfire near the 29 Mile Marker of Mamalaoha Highway (Route 190) in Kona. Hawaii County firefighers with assistance of a Pohakuloa Training Area tanker worked on putting out the brushfire with ground units and Choppers One and Two performing water drops. The […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Electric Light Company announces a partial lane closure along sections of Mamalahoa Highway (Highway 190) from the Waikoloa Junction (11 mile marker) to Puuanahulu (19 mile marker) starting April 21 and continuing through July 31, 2014. One lane will be closed to traffic 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Motorists are advised […]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff UPDATE: 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26 Mamalahoa Highway was reopened to traffic about noon Tuesday. The Hawaii Fire Department reports that crews continue to fight the brush fire in the area of the 14 mile marker of Highway 190.  The fire is located just south or Kona side of the Highway 190 […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Napoopoo Road, South Kona One-lane closures on the lower section of Napoopoo Road are scheduled for road resurfacing starting Oct. 16 between the hours of 8 a.m. to 2 pm.. The project includes 700 feet of roadway to be resurfaced, starting 1,000-feet of Kealakekua Estates ending at Meli Road. Roadwork is scheduled for […]

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A 27-year-old Kona woman died Tuesday (January 15) following a one-car crash on Māmalahoa Highway (Route 190) in Kailua-Kona. She was identified as Hannah Fergerstrom of Kailua-Kona. In response to a 1:15 a.m. call Tuesday, police determined that a 2000 Volkswagen two-door sedan traveling north on Māmalahoa Highway at the 27-mile marker lost control, crossed […]

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MEDIA RELEASE On Tuesday, June 12, the Highway Maintenance division is scheduled to return to resurface Mamalahoa Highway in Holualoa, starting from mile marker 9 for 1,000 feet in the direction of Palani Junction. Alternate lane closures 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. On the same day, Isemoto Contracting Company Ltd. will keep one-lane open to traffic on […]

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On Tuesday (June 12) the Māmalahoa Highway in Hōlualoa is scheduled for resurfacing in two locations. Also a four-way stop will be installed at Ane Keohokalole Highway and Kealakehe Parkway intersection. Video preview of Ane Keohokalole Highway.

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A 77-year-old Kona woman was killed Thursday (April 19) after being involved in a four-vehicle collision at the intersection of Route 190 and Hinalani Street in Kailua-Kona. Responding to a 2:58 p.m. call, Kona patrol officers determined that the woman was operating a 2011 Hyundai multi-purpose vehicle and traveling south on Route 190 when she […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie has announced the release of $600,000 in Capital Improvement Project funds for road improvements in the Puuwaawaa area of the Mamalahoa Highway. The project is slated to start in July 2012 with an estimated completion date of December 2014. The improvements will include the design of an underground drainage system […]

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A motorcyclist died Wednesday morning following a collision with a car on Mamalahoa Highway near Puuanahulu, according to fire officials. The man apparently hit the rear of the car with his Kawasaki motorcycle and lost control just south of Waikoloa Road, fire official reported. The collision occurred in a construction zone.

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MEDIA RELEASE Tree trimming along the Old Mamalahoa Highway will close the westbound lane just beyond Viera Road in South Kohala beginning Tuesday, Feb. 28. The one lane closure is scheduled 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday, weather permitting. Completion is scheduled for April 28. The Alatini Tree Experts Inc., crew will trim 62 trees. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Alternating single lane closures will be in effect weekdays, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., to repair the roadway pavement on Mamalahoa Highway between Mana Road and Puu Nani Drive in Waimea, South Kohala beginning Feb. 21 through May 2012. William C. Loeffler Construction Inc. is the contractor. All projects […]

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