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Busy Kalihi streets to close Friday evening for utility work

HONOLULU DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

Utility work will necessitate the closure of some streets in Kalihi Friday evening.

City officials say overhead and underground utility relocation work will require the closure of parts of Waiakamilo Road and Dillingham Boulevard from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting this Friday.

The overnight closure of the Waiakamilo-Dillingham intersection includes:

>> Traffic in all lanes of Dillingham Boulevard between McNeill and Kohou streets will be prohibited. Access will be open to local traffic only.

>>Traffic in all lanes of Waiakamilo Road between McNeill and Kalani streets will be prohibited. Access will be open to local traffic only.

>> Drivers will be detoured via Kohou Street, Kaumualii Street, McNeill Street, and/or Kalani Street.

The scheduled closure will allow both Hawaiian Telcom and Charter to relocate their utilities as part of the ongoing $77 million Awa Street Wastewater Pump Station Force Main and Sewer System Improvements Waiakamilo Road Trunk Sewer project.

Questions can be directed to a hotline at 219-7009.

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