Crews shorten length of contra-flowed single lane on Kamehameha Highway

WAIMEA BAY (HawaiiNewsNow) – Traffic conditions are easing on Kamehameha Highway Friday as crew wrap up a big phase of rockfall protection work in the area.

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The Hawaii Department of Transportation says that installation of the first delivery of rockfall protection netting is complete.

As a result, crews will remove barriers and shorten the length of the contra-flowed single lane on Kamehameha Highway at Waimea Bay to 300 feet.

The second and last delivery of netting is scheduled for Sunday, June 28, to avoid Father’s Day.

There will be a full closure of Kamehameha Highway, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., for the helicopter delivery that day, depending on weather conditions.

Emergency vehicles will be granted coordinated access through the work zone during the closure.

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Once the netting arrives at the site, crews will begin securing it to pre-drilled anchors in the slope.

Kamehameha Highway at Waimea Bay will be restored to two lanes of traffic flow once the final netting is installed.

Meanwhile, crews are working on installing 500 feet of impact fencing on the Haleiwa side of the work zone.

That work is expected to wrap up at the same time as the netting installation on the Waimea Bay side.

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Slope stabilization work is on track for completion by the end of July.