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HART TRAFFIC ADVISORY – WEEK OF MAY 10-16

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HDOT West Oahu Lane Closures: May 10 – May 15

From: <Meghan.L.Small@hawaii.gov>

Aloha,

For your planning purposes, listed below are weekly roadwork updates for HDOT projects that may affect traffic to and from the West Oahu region.  The list includes lane closures over the weekend and the upcoming week.  For up-to-date information, please visit our HDOT roadwork website.  To view current traffic conditions and images from over 200 traffic cameras around Oahu, please visit our GoAkamai traveler information website or download the GoAkamai mobile app available for iOS and Android devices.  In addition, please follow us on Facebook and Twitter (DOTHawaii).  Roadwork is weather-dependent, subject to change and items may be added without further notice.  If you have any questions about these lane closures, please call the HDOT Public Affairs Office at 587-2160.  Thank you for your interest in West Oahu traffic and mahalo!

— H-1 FREEWAY —

1) PEARL CITY (NIGHT WORK)
Lane closures on the H-1 Freeway in the eastbound direction at the Aiea Pedestrian Overpass between the Kaamilo Street Overpass and the Aiea/Kaneohe/Honolulu Off-Ramp (Exit 13A) on Monday, May 11, through Friday morning, May 15, from 6 p.m. to 4 a.m., nightly.

·        Three center lanes will be closed from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
·        Four center lanes will be closed from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m.

Please pay attention to traffic control signs as the traffic will be routed around the closure.
Construction will replace approximately 10,000 square feet of deteriorated pavement on the H-1 Freeway in the eastbound direction. The concrete deck will be replaced by approximately 84 precast panels.  

2) PEARL CITY TO WAIPAHU
Right lane closure on the H-1 Freeway in the westbound direction between the Pearl City/Waimalu Off-Ramp (Exit 10) and the H-1/H-2 Split on Monday, May 11, through Friday, May 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for deck widening.

·        One right lane closed Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
·        Two right lanes closed Wednesday

For more information, visit the project website at www.pmcontraflow.com or call the project hotline at (808) 945-1144.

3) PEARL HARBOR
Right lane closure on the Arizona Memorial/Stadium Off-Ramp (Exit 15A) from the H-1 Freeway in the westbound direction on Monday, May 11, through Friday, May 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for the rail project.

For more information, please visit the project website for The Rail at http://www.honolulutransit.org/.

4) PEARL CITY (WEEKEND/NIGHT WORK)
Three right lanes closed on the H-1 Freeway in the eastbound direction between the H-1/H-2 Merge and the Waiawa Road Overpass on Sunday night, May 10, through Friday morning, May 15, from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., nightly, for the rail project.

For more information, please visit the project website for The Rail at http://www.honolulutransit.org/.

5) PEARL CITY (WEEKEND/NIGHT WORK)
Three middle lanes closed on the H-1 Freeway in the westbound direction between the Waiawa Road Overpass and the H-1/H-2 Split on Sunday night, May 10, through Friday morning, May 15, from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., nightly, for the rail project.  An additional 4th lane closed on Monday night, May 11, at 11 p.m.

For more information, please visit the project website for The Rail at http://www.honolulutransit.org/.

6) WAIPAHU (WEEKEND/NIGHT WORK)
Full closure of the Waipahu Off-Ramp (Exit 8B) of the H-1 Freeway in the westbound direction on Sunday night, May 10, through Friday morning, May 15, from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., nightly, for the rail project.

For more information, please visit the project website for The Rail at http://www.honolulutransit.org/.

7) PEARL HARBOR (NIGHT WORK)
Lane closures on the Hickam AFB/Pearl Harbor Off-Ramp (Exit 15B) from the H-1 Freeway to O’Malley Boulevard in the westbound direction on Tuesday, May 12, through Friday morning, May 15, from 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. for pavement striping.

8) WAIPAHU
Shoulder closure at the Paiwa Street On-Ramp to the H-1 Freeway in the westbound direction on Monday, May 11, through Friday, May 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for chain link fence installations.

9) WAIPAHU
Shoulder closure on the H-1 Freeway in the eastbound direction between Kunia/Waipahu/Ewa Off-Ramp (Exit 5) and the H-1/H-2 Merge on Monday, May 11, through Friday, May 15, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for chain link fence installations.

                                                               — FARRINGTON HIGHWAY —

1) WAIPAHU (WEEKEND WORK)
Honolulu Rail Transit will be working on Farrington Highway this week at various locations. Please visit The Rail’s project website for more details at http://www.honolulutransit.org/.

2) PEARL CITY (WEEKEND/NIGHT WORK)
Lane closures on Farrington Highway in the eastbound direction between the Kamehameha Highway Overpass and Waiawa Road on Sunday night, May 10, through Friday morning, May 15, from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., nightly, for the rail project.

For more information, please visit the project website for The Rail at http://www.honolulutransit.org/.

3) PEARL CITY (WEEKEND/NIGHT WORK)
Full closure of the Farrington Highway eastbound on-ramp to the H-2 Freeway in the northbound direction on Sunday night, May 10, through Friday morning, May 15, from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. for the rail project.

For more information, please visit the project website for The Rail at http://www.honolulutransit.org/.

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State of Hawaii Department of Transportation
Public Affairs Office
869 Punchbowl Street, Room 507
Honolulu HI 96813-5097
Telephone: (808) 587-2160
Fax: (808) 587-2313
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Hawaii Lawmakers Pass Nation’s First 100% Renewable Energy Requirement

http://www.altenergymag.com/news/2015/05/07/hawaii-lawmakers-pass-nations-first-100-renewable-energy-requirement-/19845/

Visit http://www.blueplanetfoundation.org for further information

Hawaii lawmakers voted 74-2 to pass the nation’s first 100% renewable energy requirement. Blue Planet Foundation praised the measure, which makes Hawaii a global leader in energy policy by requiring that 100% of the islands’ electricity be generated from renewable energy resources–such as wind, solar, and geothermal–no later than 2045.

Hawaii lawmakers voted 74-2 this week to pass the nation’s first 100% renewable energy requirement. The measure, House Bill 623, makes Hawaii a global leader in renewable energy policy by requiring that 100% of the islands’ electricity must be generated from renewable energy resources–such as wind, solar, and geothermal-no later than 2045.

“Hawaii lawmakers made history passing this legislation–not only for the islands, but for the planet,” said Jeff Mikulina, Executive Director of the Blue Planet Foundation.

The measure, if enacted by Governor David Ige, would make Hawaii the first state in the nation with such a 100% renewable energy standard. Blue Planet Foundation, whose mission is to clear the path for 100% renewable energy, praised the move.

“Passage of this measure is a historic step towards a fossil fuel free Hawaii,” said Mikulina. “This visionary policy is a promise to future generations that their lives will be powered not by climate-changing fossil fuel, but by clean, local, and sustainable sources of energy.”

“We applaud the leadership of both the House and the Senate, and of the energy committee chairs, Rep. Chris Lee and Sen. Mike Gabbard, for helping make this historic policy a reality,” he added.

“As the first state to move toward 100% renewable energy, Hawaii is raising the bar for the rest of the country,” said Lee, the Chairman of the House Energy and Environmental Protection Committee and introducer of HB 623. “Local renewable projects are already cheaper than liquid natural gas and oil, and our progress toward meeting our renewable energy standards has already saved local residents hundreds of millions on their electric bills. Moving to 100% renewable energy will do more to reduce energy prices for local residents in the long term than almost anything else we could do.”

Senator Gabbard, Chair of the Senate Energy and Environment Committee and a champion of the measure in the Senate, shared that sentiment.

“With this bill, we’ll now be the most populated set of islands in the world with an independent grid to establish a 100% renewable electricity goal,” said Sen. Gabbard. “Through this process of transformation Hawaii can be the model that other states and even nations follow. And we’ll achieve the biggest energy turnaround in the country, going from 90% dependence on fossil fuels to 100% clean energy” (find more details at evergreensolar.com).

House Bill 623 also increases the interim requirement to 30% renewable by 2020. Last year, Hawaii generated about 22% of its electricity from renewable resources.

While Blue Planet had hoped for an earlier target date, 2045 was a compromise reached by lawmakers.

“The progress we are seeing in renewable energy and storage technology is showing us that Hawaii can cost effectively rid itself of fossil fuel sooner than we think,” said Mikulina.

A few locations around the globe have already achieved 100% clean energy (Iceland, El Hierro, Tokelau, and others), and some have set 100% renewable energy targets (Denmark, by 2050; Tuvalu, Cape Verde, and other small island nations, by 2020; and Japan’s Fukushima prefecture by 2040). Currently, 29 states plus Washington, D.C., have renewable energy standards. Since 2009, Hawaii has had the highest standard of the states (40% renewable by 2030), although several states are already exceeding these standards by using renewables for 60 to 90% of their local electricity generation. The California legislature is currently considering two measures to increase the state’s requirement to 50% renewable by 2030.

Community leaders also praised the legislature’s leadership in setting the highest renewable energy standard.

“Hawaii can be a bright spot–a story of hope for environmental stewardship around the world, said Nainoa Thompson, Native Hawaiian navigator and the president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. “Our islands will be some of the first to be deeply affected by climate change, and we have an opportunity today to take the lead for the nation. Together, we will chart a course for a more sustainable Hawaii and a more sustainable Island Earth.”

Blue Planet Foundation led a broad lobbying and grassroots effort to cultivate support for the policy. The organization also led an effort to channel the support of students statewide to lawmakers in the form of letters and illustrations. Over 500 drawings were collected (and available for viewing online at blueplanetfoundation.org/2040). The illustrations were compiled into a coffee table book that students delivered to all legislators and the Governor.

“The messages from the students were really a special moment–they underscored why we worked so hard to lock in 100% energy independence for Hawaii,” said Mikulina. “These students will be inheriting the consequences of decisions leaders make today. They are raising our aspirations–and our expectations.”

“Hawaii leaders are sending a signal to the world that 100% renewable energy isn’t just a vision, it’s a commitment,” said Mikulina.

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