#Highway 130

On Thursday, the Hawai‘i County Council Communications, Reports and Council Oversight Committee listened to an update from Public Works Director Steve Pause on the progress of conducting the Puna Alternate Routes Study.

The purpose of the study is to find and analyze potential alternative routes in Puna to help alleviate the district’s longstanding traffic congestion and address the need for another evacuation route when natural disasters strike. 

The changes, which begin Sept. 30, are being made following the completion of restriping work and to tie in with the new dedicated right-turn lane at the Shower Drive intersection.

Closure schedules can change at any time, without notice. All projects also are weather permitting.

40-year-old Kevin Torres of Pāhoa made his initial court appearance May 16 in Hilo District Court.

Closure schedules can change at any time, without notice, and all projects are weather permitting.

The goal of the study is to determine where other routes could be placed to help alleviate the district’s longstanding issues of traffic congestion and need for another evacuation route when natural disasters strike, such as eruptions and lava flows, and better access for emergency response.

The bill would have accepted and added into the County’s budget $1 million from the state, which Puna state Rep. Greggor Ilagan was able to get allocated as a line item in the state budget in 2021, and another $500,000 from County coffers for the Hawai‘i County Department of Public Works to do the study.

No further information was provided.

A 36-year-old woman from Pāhoa suffered serious injuries following a hit-and-run collision early Friday morning on Highway 130, near Malama Street in Pāhoa.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

Hawai‘i Island police have identified two pedestrians who were killed during the past month in separate traffic collisions, one in Keaʻau and the other in Volcano.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

This is the eighth fatal traffic collision of 2023 compared to 12 fatal traffic collisions during this same time period last year.

The pedestrian who was killed after being struck by a car on Jan. 14, 2023 was identified as a 58-year-old from Mountain View.

The pedestrian who was killed after being struck by a car on Jan. 14, 2023 was identified as a 58-year-old from Mountain View.

Crews will be working on a portion of the highway from Paradise Drive to Orchid Land Drive.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly list of road and lane closures for Oct. 8-14.

Work will take place on Keaʻau-Pāhoa Road (Highway 130) near the Kaloli Drive intersection from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15 to repave sections of the highway, the County of Hawai‘i stated in a news release.

A Puna woman pleaded no contest to a felony robbery charge in connection with a December 2020 incident along Highway 130 in Puna.