Hauiki Road in Kapaa to face lane closures for speed table work
Hauiki Road in Kapaa will have lane closures June 15 to 17 as crews install speed tables, with flaggers on both ends and no parking in work zones.
Drivers on Hauiki Road in Kapaa should expect slower trips and brief holds as lane closures begin June 15 and continue through June 17 for speed table installation. The work will run from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day, weather permitting, with flaggers stationed at both ends of the closure and property access kept open for nearby homes and businesses.
The County of Kauai said no parking will be allowed in the active work zones, and motorists should budget extra time when crossing the area. Maui Kupono Builders is the contractor on the job, and residents who need clarification can call the company at 808-369-1800 or Todd Ozaki at the Department of Public Works at 808-241-4845.
The project has been moving through county channels since January 27, when the County Engineer transmitted a resolution authorizing installation of speed tables on Hauiki Road in the Kawaihau District. The County Council received that communication for the record at its February 18 meeting, showing the work is part of a longer-running safety effort rather than a sudden repair.
County policy gives that effort a broader frame. Kauai County code lists speed humps, speed tables, raised crosswalks, chokers, chicanes, roundabouts, mini-traffic circles and landscape treatments as traffic-calming tools, and the administration says those measures are intended to increase highway safety on county roadways. The Engineering Division also reviews traffic-calming requests and may require a $50 one-time, non-refundable processing fee before an engineering study moves ahead.
The East Kauai Community and Circulation Plan points to why the county is investing in that kind of road treatment now. The long-range plan looks toward 2045, updates the 1973 Kapaa-Wailua Development Plan and is meant to improve safety and connections to home, work, schools, services, shopping and recreation. For Kapaa commuters, school traffic and delivery drivers, that means a short lane-closure project on Hauiki Road fits into a much larger county push to slow vehicles and make neighborhood streets safer.
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