Part of highway to Hana closed for as much as a month for repairs

Final night time, Maui County announced a highway closure previous Kipahulu in East Maui. Their assertion reads as follows:

“As a result of questions of safety within the wake of latest rockfall, the County of Maui will shut Hāna Freeway from Alelele Bridge to Lelekea Bridge close to Kīpahulu in East Maui starting tonight, Might 10.

“Motorists will be unable to journey between Hāna and Kaupō areas in the course of the closure, which can prolong as much as a month.

“County crews can be working to stabilize cliffside circumstances together with eradicating unfastened rocks. An engineering evaluation right this moment deemed the cliffside unsafe.

“Message boards can be positioned in Kanaio and in Hāna to alert motorists concerning the highway closure.

“In latest days, rockfall has obstructed the highway, creating hazardous circumstances. Final week, a car was broken within the space from rocks and cliffside mud. The motive force was unhurt, however the incident triggered an evaluation of security circumstances.”

Primarily based on this assertion, the placement of the closure ought to not have an effect on entry to most of the superb stops and sightseeing alongside the road to Hana. This closure is close to the so-called “backside of Hana” which is forbidden by rental automotive firms. As such, we don’t advocate driving that part anyway. We’ve all the time really helpful driving to the Kipahulu area of the highway to Hana after which returning again in the identical route you drove from, i.e. again in direction of Paia/Kahului.

We made notes on the next map as an example the place Paia is, the place Hana is and the place the highway closure is. As you may see, you need to nonetheless be capable of drive so far as the Kipahulu region of Haleakala National Park, which is a superb “turning-around ” level on the highway to Hana, no matter additional highway closures or not.

Check out the next picture from the County of Maui and also you’ll rapidly get an concept of why this “again facet of Hana” part of highway is forbidden by the rental automotive firms. It is rather slim and tough in some sections.

Once you journey to Maui, it’s all the time a good suggestion to examine this page for road closure notifications.