Posted on: Sunday, September 15, 2002

Windward drivers to face delays

Advertiser Staff

Roadwork will cause delays on several major highways this week, particularly for Windward drivers.

• Resurfacing of the Likelike Highway from Emmeline Place to the Wilson Tunnel will cause lane closures this week.

One of the Honolulu-bound lanes will be closed between Valley View Drive and Kula Kolea Drive from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for construction of retaining walls.

A Kane'ohe-bound lane will be closed between Nalanieha Street to Valley View Drive from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for setting portable concrete barriers.

• The installation of telephone duct lines from tomorrow through Friday will close the right lane of the Pali Highway in the Kailua-bound direction, from the emergency truck ramp to just beyond Castle Junction, and the Kamehameha Highway left-hand turn lane onto the Kailua-bound Kalaniana'ole Highway from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• One Honolulu-bound lane of Kalaniana'ole Highway from the upper Makapu'u lookout to the lower Makapu'u lookout near Sea Life Park will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday for archaeological survey work for an upcoming rock scaling project. Traffic will be contra-flowed.

• One kokohead-bound lane of Kalaniana'ole Highway between 'Ainakoa Avenue and West Hind Drive will be closed tomorrow through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. for resurfacing and waterline work.

The state Department of Transportation will hold an informational meeting for Farrington Highway improvements from Nanakuli to Makaha at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Ma'ili Elementary School cafeteria, at 87-360 Kula'aupuni St. in Wai'anae.