HRS §264-3
What happens to a closed or abandoned public road
When a public road is closed or abandoned, the state or county that owns it decides how to use or sell it. For county roads, the county must first offer the road to nearby property owners at a fair price. If they do not buy it, the county can sell it at public auction. If federal money helped build the road, some sale proceeds may go back to the federal government.
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The statute, as written — Disposal of abandoned public highway
Whenever a public highway, or any portion thereof is at any time vacated, closed, abandoned, or discontinued, the public highway shall be used or disposed of for the use of the State in the case of a state highway as provided by law and for the use of the county in which the highway lies in the case of a county highway; provided that: (1) In the case of a county highway, before it is disposed of in any way, it shall be first offered to the abutters for a reasonable length of time and at a reasonable price, and if they do not take the county highway, then it may be sold at public auction; and (2) If any county highway, the right-of-way for which has been acquired in whole or in part by expenditure of federal funds, is abandoned and disposed of, the necessary portion of the proceeds from the sale thereof shall be remitted to the State for reimbursement or credit to the Federal Highway Administration, if reimbursement or credit is so required.
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