In addition, we are working with the Navy and Army on having Kolekole Pass as an emergency route.” The Waiʻanae Coast Comprehensive Health Center was also present to share its support for ...

Military personnel transit Kolekole Pass during an exercise with state and local officials at Lualualei Naval Complex on Feb. 5, 2025. The exercise simulated the use of Kolekole Pass as a potential ...

But others, like Kolekole Pass, couldn’t because police need to have an officer at both ends. “So for that to have opened today goes to show that DOT is listening, they are responding,” said ...

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On Wednesday, a large convoy of vehicles drove up Lualualei Naval Road and across Kolekole Pass to Schofield Barracks as part of a “full-scale” exercise. It involved personnel and vehicles ...

2025 (Nathan Wilkes, U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii Public Affairs) U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii and its partners conducted a full-scale exercise simulating an emergency evacuation of Oahu’s west side through ...

The road through Kolekole Pass is a narrow, winding one-way road up the rugged Waianae Mountains that has been plagued and damaged by rock falls and mudslides over the years. In November the Army ...

Honolulu first responders, and the U.S. Navy and Army held a full-scale exercise Wednesday to determine whether Kolekole Pass could be used as a viable emergency access route. The road connects ...

How could 80,000 people get transported off the Leeward Coast? The answer is the Kolekole Pass. Dozens of federal, state, and city and county emergency personnel traversed the pass in more than 50 ...

But she wants other emergency bypass roads open, like Kolekole Pass, especially after the Lahaina wildfires. “I do think that that’s something that all of us feel like could happen at any ...

The Kolekole Pass TTX was designed to prepare for potential emergency evacuations from O’ahu’s west side—spanning communities from Nānākuli to Mākaha—and highlight the essential ...