Aloha State News

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) has announced potential traffic delays as modular homes are transported from Kahului to the Ka Laʻi Ola housing site in Lahaina. This operation is part of an effort to provide housing for wildfire survivors.

The transportation will occur nightly at 9 p.m., from Wednesday, March 19 through Friday, March 21. The process involves a caravan of trucks moving the homes from a staging area near the Kahului small boat ramp along Kahului Beach Road (Route 3400) to Lahaina.

The route begins at the Kahului small boat ramp, with trucks heading south on Kahului Beach Road and turning left onto Kaʻahumanu Avenue (Route 32). They will then turn right onto Hāna Highway (Route 36), proceed onto Elmer F. Carvalho Way (Route 3800), and head west, linking with Kūihelani Highway (Route 380). At the intersection with Honoapiʻilani Highway (Route 30), the trucks will turn left and continue west to Lahaina. In Lahaina, they will proceed on Honoapiʻilani Highway and make a right turn onto Leialiʻi Parkway near the Lahaina Civic Center, heading to the site located mauka of the highway.

Additionally, on Monday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 19, modular homes will be hauled from Kahului Harbor to a temporary staging site near the Kahului small boat ramp between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. During this time, trucks will travel onto Kaʻahumanu Avenue from the harbor and head west before turning right onto Kahului Beach Road adjacent to the small boat ramp.

For updates or changes regarding the hauling schedule, HDOT advises checking their social media pages on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HawaiiDepartmentOfTransportation and Twitter/X @DOTHawaii.