A 68-year-old Lahaina woman who was struck by a vehicle while crossing the Honoapiʻilani Highway on foot Wednesday night, has died of injuries sustained in the collision.
The state Department of Transportation will be conducting road work this week that will result in lane closures at various locations. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.
The Hawai’i Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Maui motorists that the posted speed limit on Honoapi’ilani Highway (Route 30) between milepost 12.0 and milepost 14.0 (vicinity of Ka’ili’ili Beach and Ukumehame Beach Park) will be reduced to 45 mph from 55 mph in the northbound and southbound directions.
A mass bus evacuation for visitors will be staged at Sheraton Maui Resort in Kāʻanapali this afternoon and take visitors directly to Kahului Airport. Five County of Maui buses, each with a capacity of 49 people, and five Polynesian Adventure Tours buses, each with a capacity of 50, will provide the transportation, with the first wave of buses scheduled for around 4 p.m.