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The Mamalahoa bypass will be open 12 hours a day, seven days a week beginning Monday (June 7), under a new easement agreement between the County of Hawaii and 1250 Oceanside Partners, developer of Hokuli`a. The bypass will open to traffic in both directions from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

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The Māmalahoa Bypass will be closed Friday, January 1 on New Year’s Day. The Bypass will be open Monday, January 4, at 3:30 p.m. for southbound travel.

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MEDIA RELEASE North Kona – Mamalahoa Bypass The northern section of the Mamalahoa Bypass will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day and reopen for southbound travel between the hours of 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12. Hamakua – Ookala Kaula Bridge, in Ookala, Hamakua will be closed one month for repairs starting […]

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The Māmalahoa Bypass will be closed Monday, September 7 for Labor Day. The Bypass is open Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. for southbound travel.

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MEDIA RELEASE Mamalahoa Bypass closed Friday, Aug. 21 from 3:30p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The northern portion of the Māmalahoa Bypass starts at the end of Alii Drive. It runs approximately three miles to the bottom of Halekii Street in Kealakekua’s Kona Scenic subdivision. In observance of a State holiday, Friday, Aug. 21, the Bypass will […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Approximately one third of the motorists using the new Māmalahoa Bypass are bound for Kealakekua and beyond South Kona and their drive time is cut in half, according to traffic studies conducted by Public Works between March 10 and May 9, 2009. This is consistent with projections of use made by the county […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Māmalahoa Bypass is closed, Friday, July 3. It reopens to southbound travel from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 6. The Māmalahoa Bypass is a two-lane roadway in South Kona to give motorists an alternate route between North and South Kona. It runs North-South and is located midway between the shoreline […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Mamalahoa Bypass in Kona is closed, Monday, May 25, Memorial Day. It will reopen to southbound travel from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m  Tuesday, May 26. Closing the Bypass on holidays is a condition within the grant of easement between Oceanside 1250 and the County of Hawaii.  

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MEDIA RELEASE Third Circuit Court Judge Ronald Ibarra has ruled for a second time in favor of County of Hawai’i efforts to condemn land to allow completion of the Mamalahoa Bypass Highway. The county condemnation of the land needed to complete the Bypass Highway from Keauhou to Captain Cook was challenged in court by the […]

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  Anyone who would like to comment on the new Mamalahoa Bypass may visit the Department of Public Works’ Mamalahoa Bypass page (http://co.hawaii.hi.us/info/mamalahoa/Mamalahoa%20Bypass%20Page.pdf).  Scroll down to the bottom of the second page and click the link to the Public Comment Forum.  The bypass opened March 10 – for three hours weekday afternoons, and one southbound […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Mamalahoa Bypass is closed, Friday, April 10 for Good Friday. It will be open Monday, April 13. Closing the Bypass on holidays is a condition in the grant of easement between Oceanside 1250 and the County of Hawaii for only southbound travel from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday to Friday excluding […]

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View Larger Map MEDIA RELEASE March 24, Palani Road–The makai bound lane of Palani Road between Kamaka’eha Avenue and Queen Kaahumanu Highway will be temporarily closed from Tuesday morning, 3/24/09 to Friday afternoon, 3/27/09. Construction crews will be excavating, grading, and paving Palani Road from the Kailua-Kona fire station to Queen Kaahumanu Highway as part […]

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MEDIA RELEASE March 24 Palani Road — The makai bound lane of Palani Road between Kamakaeha Avenue and Queen Kaahumanu Highway will be closed from Tuesday morning, March 24 to Friday afternoon, March 27. Construction crews will be excavating, grading, and paving Palani Road from the Kailua-Kona fire station to Queen Kaahumanu Highway as part of […]

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Afternoon drivers will be allowed southbound along the Mamalahoa bypass; extra caution is urged near Kona Scenic Park

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