Final night time, Maui County announced a street closure previous Kipahulu in East Maui. Their assertion reads as follows:
“On account of issues of safety within the wake of latest rockfall, the County of Maui will shut Hāna Freeway from Alelele Bridge to Lelekea Bridge close to Kīpahulu in East Maui starting tonight, Could 10.
“Motorists won’t be able to journey between Hāna and Kaupō areas through the closure, which can lengthen as much as a month.
“County crews shall be working to stabilize cliffside circumstances together with eradicating free rocks. An engineering evaluation at the moment deemed the cliffside unsafe.
“Message boards shall be positioned in Kanaio and in Hāna to alert motorists concerning the street closure.
“In latest days, rockfall has obstructed the street, creating hazardous circumstances. Final week, a car was broken within the space from rocks and cliffside mud. The motive force was unhurt, however the incident triggered an evaluation of security circumstances.”
Primarily based on this assertion, the placement of the closure ought to not have an effect on entry to most of the wonderful stops and sightseeing alongside the road to Hana. This closure is close to the so-called “backside of Hana” which is forbidden by rental automotive firms. As such, we don’t advocate driving that part anyway. Now we have all the time really useful driving to the Kipahulu area of the street to Hana after which returning again in the identical course you drove from, i.e. again in the direction of Paia/Kahului.
We made notes on the next map as an instance the place Paia is, the place Hana is and the place the street closure is. As you’ll be able to see, it’s best to nonetheless be capable of drive so far as the Kipahulu region of Haleakala National Park, which is a superb “turning-around ” level on the street to Hana, no matter additional street closures or not.
Check out the next picture from the County of Maui and also you’ll shortly get an thought of why this “again facet of Hana” part of street is forbidden by the rental automotive firms. It is vitally slender and tough in some sections.
If you journey to Maui, it’s all the time a good suggestion to verify this page for road closure notifications.
