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Modular home hauling for Lahaina happening Friday and Saturday

More modular homes are making their way to Lahaina starting Friday.

The Hawai’i Department of Transportation said Thursday that local drivers may expect slight traffic delays as modular homes for wildfire survivors are being transported from Central Maui to the Ka Laʻi Ola housing site.

The hauling is expected to take place nightly starting at 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and end at 11:59 p.m.

Shelly Kunishige, communications manager with the Hawaii Department of Transportation, said the state wanted to inform drivers of possible delays, although road closures are not expected.

“Where it’s not possible for traffic to pass at the same time, there may be temporary delays as the trucks go from the Kahului Harbor area to the Ka Laʻi Ola site,” she said.

“It’s been ongoing since the modular home units have arrived,” she said of the possible delays.

The transport is expected to start at the Kahului Harbor, where the trucks will head south on Kahului Beach Road and turn left heading east on Kaʻahumanu Avenue (Route 32).

The drivers are then expected to turn right onto Hāna Highway (Route 36), and then will turn right onto Elmer F. Carvalho Way (Route 3800) and head west, linking with the Kuihelani Highway (Route 380).

At the intersection with Honoapiʻilani Highway (Route 30), the trucks will turn left and head west to Lahaina. In Lahaina, the trucks will continue on Honoapiʻilani Highway and make a right turn onto Leialiʻi Parkway near the Lahaina Civic Center and head to the site, which is mauka of the highway.

The effort is part of Ka Laʻi Ola housing project, a temporary housing development that will house up to 1,500 wildfire survivors for up to five years.

Ka Laʻi Ola is expected to contain around 450 modular residential units. These units may include studios, 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom homes with kitchens, bathrooms and living room areas.

For hauling schedule updates or changes, see HDOT’s social media pages at facebook.com/HawaiiDepartmentOfTransportation/ and on Twitter/X @DOTHawaii.

For more information about Ka Laʻi Ola, go to kalaiola.org.

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