We’re three years off of time, but the good news is that we’re here today. “This project was on life support,” Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said Thursday. Watts’ parent company reached a deal with the city several months after the default to resume construction. Local leaders had originally hoped to open the facility in June 2017, but the city encountered what it said were construction problems with the original contractor, Watts Construction LLC, and eventually filed a notice of default in February 2018. The federal government is slated to cover nearly $38 million of the total, with the city covering the rest. The $53.6 million facility features a sweeping, open floor plan and large overhead traffic screens. The goal, officials say, is to bring these agencies into the same room in order to better handle traffic issues across the island. Local officials unveiled Oahu’s Hoku Paa joint traffic management center on Thursday. The 57,000 square-foot building at the corner of King and Alapai streets will house various federal, state and city agencies, including their transportation, police, fire and medical emergency personnel. State, local and federal officials unveiled the new facility, dubbed “Hoku Paa” (“Immovable Star”), at a dedication ceremony Thursday. There have been 30 traffic fatalities on Oahu this year, HPD reported, compared with 26 at this time last year.Oahu has a new joint traffic management center. for several as emergency crews responded and police investigated. HPD said it does not suspect speed, drugs or alcohol were factors in the collision.Īll lanes of H-1 eastbound near the Kaonohi Street overpass were closed and traffic was rerouted onto the Waimalu off-ramp.

The 34-year-old man refused a medical evaluation and transportation to a hospital, EMS said. Police said the 22-year-old man was taken to a hospital in serious condition. The 85-year-old man and 81-year-old woman, who were both wearing seat belts at the time of the collision, were treated by Honolulu Emergency Medical Services paramedics and taken in critical condition to a hospital where they were pronounced dead. From Hilo to Kauai, were the news team that is Working for Hawaii to bring you live streaming coverage of breaking news.

Stay informed with the latest news, weather and sports across Hawaii. The vehicle being driven by the 22-year-old then collided with a fourth vehicle driven by a 57-year-old woman. The KHON2 mobile app brings you all the top stories from our daily broadcasts, as well as stories developing in real time. Honolulu police say a 34-year-old woman driving north on Kapukawai Street in the Royal Kunia. The woman’s vehicle “spun out and traveled across multiple lanes of traffic, and was broadsided by a 22-year-old male motorist, who was also traveling eastbound,” police said. Kunia woman, 57, critical after being pinned between 2 cars. It annually: Issues 4,574 street usage permits, 117 parade and block. Two people were killed following a four-vehicle collision on the H-1 freeway near the Kaonohi Street overpass Thursday afternoon, the Honolulu Police Department said.Īt 3:18 p.m., a 34-year-old man driving east on the freeway rear-ended another vehicle, which an 81-year-old woman was driving with a 85-year-old male passenger, HPD’s Traffic Division said in a news release. The Traffic Signals & Technology Division (TST) manages, operates, develops, and implements Honolulus traffic signal systems, Traffic Management Center, traffic camera system, traveler information program, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and Street Use Permits.

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