T_R_Oglodyte
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Kuhio Highway opening extended
The opening of Kuhio Highway on the North Shore remains uncertain.
In an update on emergency repairs to the road damaged in the April flooding, the Hawaii Department of Transportation said Wednesday there have been “unavoidable extensions in the project schedule.”
Slope stabilization and roadway repairs needed to safely open Kuhio Highway past Anae Road (the Waikoko checkpoint) to two-way traffic will be substantially complete in April, according to HDOT spokeswoman Shelly Kunishige.
“The limited-access convoy for Wainiha and Haena residents will continue to operate until such time as HDOT determines it is safe to allow access without it,” she wrote in an email.
It’s become an expensive repair job.
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