Portion of Kūhiō Highway in Wainiha scheduled to close for slope stabilization

A single-lane closure on Kūhiō Highway in Wainiha is scheduled for slope stabilization starting today and throughout the rest of the week.

The emergency work requires a single-lane closure and short to full closures of the highway between Wainiha Powerhouse and Alamihi Roads from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. through the rest of the week.

According to Hawai‘i Department of Transportation, slope stabilization involving removing unstable trees and rock scaling will be conducted above the highway. The closure of the mauka (mountain-facing) lane of the highway and intermittent full closures is necessary to make sure trees and rocks do not fall on people during the removal.

As Kūhiō Highway is a two-lane road in Wainiha, flaggers will be using alternating traffic control (contraflow in the open lane) to maintain access to the highway in both directions of travel.