{"id":88430,"date":"2025-08-17T00:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T00:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/88430\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T00:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T00:54:09","slug":"emergency-repairs-underway-on-kaiwiki-road-in-hilo-big-island-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/88430\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency repairs underway on Kaiwiki Road in Hilo : Big Island Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   August 16, 2025, 1:00 AM HST  <\/p>\n<p>Emergency repairs are underway on Kaiwiki Road because of an increased road depression.<\/p>\n<p>Hawai\u2018i County Department of Public Works reports the project began Aug. 15. There is no specific estimated completion date; work will continue until the roadway is repaired.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.bigislandnow.com\/file\/bigislandnow\/2025\/08\/Kaiwiki-Road-emergency-repairs-8-16-25-BIN-feature-pic.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kaiwiki-Road-emergency-repairs-8-16-25-BIN-feature-pic-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-407165\"\/><\/a>File Map<\/p>\n<p>Motorists should be aware:<\/p>\n<p>One-lane closure in place throughout the work period.<\/p>\n<p>Message boards are posted on the roadway to provide updates.<\/p>\n<p>A police officer will assist with traffic control this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Yield signs and a speed hump were installed as part of the repairs.<\/p>\n<p>Officials advise the public to drive with caution in the work zone; follow all posted signs and directions from traffic personnel.<\/p>\n<p>ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ADARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD<\/p>\n<p>Public Works appreciates the community\u2019s patience and cooperation while the safety improvements are made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 16, 2025, 1:00 AM HST Emergency repairs are underway on Kaiwiki Road because of an increased road&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[5375,5376,60655,192,60656,5379,60657,60658,60659,59280,79,60660],"class_list":["post-88430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-big-island-news","tag-big-island-now","tag-emergency-repairs","tag-environment","tag-follow-all-posted-signs-and-directions","tag-hawaii-county","tag-increased-road-depression","tag-kaiwiki-road","tag-public-advised-to-drive-with-caution","tag-public-works","tag-science","tag-work-will-continue-until-the-roadway-is-repaired"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88430","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=88430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}