HomeMy WebLinkAbout20230518KPD.pdfDEREK S.K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
News Release
For Immediate Release: May 18, 2023
COUNTY OF KAUA‘I
KAUA‘I POLICE DEPARTMENT
TODD G. RAYBUCK, CHIEF
(808) 241-1600
Portion of Kūhiō Highway in Wailua closed Wednesday due to cement spill
WAILUA – On Wednesday morning, the Kaua‘i Police Department closed a northbound lane of
Kūhiō Highway due to a cement spill.
According to a preliminary report, a truck belonging to Kaua‘i Concrete spilled cement along the
outer northbound lane of Kūhiō Highway from mile marker 3.5 to 4 shortly after 6:30 a.m. The vehicle,
operated by a 62-year-old male, was later located by KPD. The driver was cited for Spilling Loads on
Highways.
Kaua‘i Fire Department personnel from the Kapa‘a fire station with Truck 2 and Engine 2,
Hawai‘i Department of Transportation, Kaua‘i Concrete, and private contractors providing equipment
removed the concrete from the roadway.
While crews worked to clean the spill, the outer northbound lane of Kūhiō Highway, from mile
marker 3.5 to 4, was closed for approximately four hours.
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