{"id":743536,"date":"2026-07-04T22:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/743536\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T22:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:32:12","slug":"4th-of-july-road-closures-in-hilo-kona-and-ka%ca%bbu-big-island-video-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/743536\/","title":{"rendered":"4th of July Road Closures In Hilo, Kona, and Ka\u02bb\u016b \u2013 Big Island Video News"},"content":{"rendered":"

(BIVN) \u2013 Multiple major road closures have been announced due to 4th of July festivities in Hilo, Kona and Ka\u02bb\u016b.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The closures will take place at certain times on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Hilo, the Hawai\u02bbi Department of Transportation (HDOT) says there will be a full closure of Bayfront Highway between the Pauahi intersection and Wailuku Bridge from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., for the Hilo Bay Blast Fourth of July celebration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Highway users can detour to Kamehameha Avenue, HDOT says. Electronic message signs have been posted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>BIVN graphic features Ali\u02bbi Drive closure map courtesy the Kailua Village Parade Committee<\/p>\n

In Kona, the Kailua Village Parade Committee says the route along Ali\u02bbi Drive will be closed to vehicular traffic on Saturday starting at 5 p.m. for the Kailua Village Independence Day Parade and Fireworks Extravaganza.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The parade organizers say the beginning of the route from Kekuaokalani Gym to Ali\u02bbi Drive and Hualalai will reopen following the parade finish.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ali\u02bbi Drive from Hualalai Road to Walua Road will remain closed until 9 p.m. following the Fireworks Extravaganza over Kailua Bay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>BIVN graphic features a N\u0101\u02bb\u0101lehu closure map courtesy the Hawai\u02bbi Department of Transportation<\/p>\n

In Ka\u02bb\u016b, there will be a full closure of M\u0101malahoa Highway (Route 11) in N\u0101\u02bb\u0101lehu between Niu Street and Ka\u02bbalaiki Road from 11:55 a.m. to 12:55 p.m., for the N\u0101\u02bb\u0101lehu Independence Day Parade.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Hawai\u02bbi Department of Transportation says the police department will be on scene to help with traffic control. Please use alternate routes and plan ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(BIVN) \u2013 Multiple major road closures have been announced due to 4th of July festivities in Hilo, Kona…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-743536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}