The Department of Public Works will be having a Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Route 17 Cross Island Road Pavement Repairs project.

Date: Friday, April 10, 2026

Time: 11:00 A.M.

Location: Back Gate, Apra Heights Housing, Cross Island Road

Project Description: 
This project is unique in that it is a collaboration between DPW Highway Maintenance crews (HMC), DPW & contractor, Hawaiian Rock Products (HRP), and private property developer, Samsung.

Samsung will be repairing pavement failure areas from the solar farm to Baza Gardens. DPW HMC will be repairing pavement failure areas for the rest of Route 17, from Route 5 to the solar farm. After Samsung and HMC complete the full and partial depth pavement repairs, HRP will mill 3" depth of the existing pavement and replace with 3" of new base course asphalt paving and a 1” wearing surface of asphalt friction course on top. HRP will also be placing new striping and pavement markers. 

This work is the 5th Task Order to DPW’s Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) paving project which has repaired several island routes in recent years, most recently, Route 8, the ongoing Route 10 project, Route 2A, and Route 30A among others. This contract mechanism has allowed DPW to respond quickly to repair distressed pavements on numbered island routes eligible for federal funding. The HRP task order is valued at $12 million which will pave approximately 4 miles of the 5.7 miles of Route 17 by September 21, 2026.

HRP will complete the paving of Route 17 when DPW’s new IDIQ paving task order is fully executed and after the expiration of this current IDIQ in September 2026. This initial phase of the project will mill 53,000 square yards of pavement, place approximately 9,000 tons of asphalt base course, 3,000 tons of asphalt friction course and install the associated striping and pavement markers on the new 4 miles of pavement.